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Gita Madhurya -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter II
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What is the method to attain the state of even-mindedness, which has been much glorified by you? In this path the intellect is determinate and one-pointed; whereas the intellects of the undecided (infirm-in-mind) are endless and scattered in many directions.(41) Why is their intellect not determinate and one-pointed? (i) Those who are obsessed by desires, (ii) who hold the attainment of heaven as the supreme goal (iii) who do actions for fruits as mentioned in the Vedas (iv) who are deeply attached to worldly pleasures. They utter flowery speech recommending various kinds of acts for the attainment of pleasure and prosperity with rebirth as their fruit. Such people whose minds are attracted by the flowery speech describing pleasures viz., towards pleasures and who are too much attached to pleasures and prosperity can't possess the one-pointed determinate intellect concentrated on God.(42-44) What should I do to escape attachment to pleasure and prosperity? The Vedas deal with the three Gunas or modes of Prakrti and their evolutes in the form of worldly enjoyments. You, transcend the three Gunas. Be free from the pairs of opposites such as attachment and aversion etc., and be established in the Eternal Existence (God). Don't worry either about the possession of what is not possessed or the preservation of what is already possessed. Depend on God viz., have the aim to attain Him.(45) |
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