- We started off our class with prayers
- Mention of video of sadhu blowing sankh continuously for ~6 minutes
- sadhana
- cultivated habit / practice
- Siddhi
- 28 siddhis
- mainly asta siddhis (8)
- lung capacity
- Review of chanting from verse 15 to 24
- Vairagya - practice in own life / world
- should not be passing thought
- Types of temporary vairagya
- smasana vairagya
- after seeing death
- prasava vairagya
- woman after giving birth
- abhava vairagya
- Non-availability
- story of fox and grapes
- Ekadashi fasting
- exercise willpower muscle
- will power is pulling up against vasanas
- Example of Ravana
- Constant contemplation is needed
- yama is practiced for health of society
- niyama is practiced for one's own individual health
- constant sadhana
- Verse 25:
सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत ।
कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्चिकीर्षुलोकसड़्ग्रहम् ॥saktāḥ karmaṇyavidvāṁso yathā kurvanti bhārata,
kuryādvidvāṁstathāsaktaścikīrṣurlokasaṅgraham
- As the ignorant men act from attachment to action, O Bharata, so should the wise men act without attachment, wishing the welfare of the world
- Components of Maya - Gunas
- How to change them?
- Self effort needed
- takes time
- Role of a wise man is described
- Ignorant people looks for fruits of action
- Nature gives us so much
- what are we giving back in return?
- Recycling
- sea animals gets affected because of plastic not being recycled
- Universal principles
- everything is connected in this world
- limitation of my thinking that I am only impacting my family
- example of saying - cat closing the eyes
- cause and effect
- every action will have effect come back and whether that result is beneficial to me and my surroundings?
- if not, change the actions
- Reason for family to lose traditions because they do not know how to evolve
- Roman empire got eliminated
- Things that stay longer are the ones that evolve and adapt
- Chapter 5 - verse 18
विद्याविनयसम्पन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि ।शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः ॥vidyāvinayasampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini,
śuni caiva śvapāke ca paṇḍitāḥ samadarśinaḥ
- Brahmana
- cow
- elephant
- dog
- meat eater
- Atma tatva is same in all above, so jnani looks at them as equal
- human population is very insignificant compared to other beings
- what our human action do to other beings?
- any action we do affects the whole universe
- some people are scared to do action because it is connected to universe
- focus on the action and do the action best
- Verse 26:
न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसड़्गिनाम् ।
जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान्युक्तः समाचरन् ॥na buddhibhedaṁ janayedajñānāṁ karmasaṅginām,
joṣayetsarvakarmāṇi vidvānyuktaḥ samācaran
- Let no wise man unsettle the minds of ignorant people who are attached to action; he should engage them all in actions, himself fulfilling them with devotion
- "I am the doer" - ajnana
- no atma jnana
- verse 21 is what is mentioned here
- guiding by example
- I am client zero which is me
- guide ourselves first and that will help others
- Our family are next clients
- guide them
- important word - जोषयेत्