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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 - Lesson 16 of 17: Monkeys In The Mind

POWERFUL COGNITION

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The only way, the Lord says, is to control one's senses, complete with oneself and surrender to Him, the Universal energy, and achieve everlasting peace.

Portrait of Nithyananda

प्रसादे सर्वदुःखानां हानिरस्योपजायते ।
प्रसन्नचेतसो ह्याशु बुद्धिः पर्यवतिष्ठते
॥ २=६५॥

prasāde sarvaduḥkhānāṁ
hānirasyopajāyate prasannacetaso
hyāśu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhate

All pains are destroyed in that peace,
for the intellect of the tranquil-
minded soon becomes steady

Illustration of an Om scroll
Nithyananda seated in meditation posture

POWERFUL COGNITION

Ground yourself in the completion of the present.

Portrait of Nithyananda Paramashivam

नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना ।
न चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम्
॥ २=६६॥

nāsti buddhirayuktasya na cāyuktasya
bhāvanā na cābhāvayataḥ śāntir
aśāntasya kutaḥ sukham

A person not in self awareness
cannot be wise or happy or peaceful.
How can there be happiness to one
without peace

POWERFUL COGNITION

Stay fully in the space of completion, and based on the truth of integrity and authenticity, act.

Nithyananda

इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनुविधीयते ।
तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि
॥ २-६७॥

ndriyāṇāṁ hi caratāṁ yanmano
'nuvidhīyate tadasya harati prajñāṁ
vāyurnāvamivāmbhasi

He loses his awareness of the present
moment when his mind follows the
wandering senses, just as the wind
carries away a boat on the waters.

Krishna and boat illustration

POWERFUL COGNITION

Be complete and focus completely.

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