139. Bhagavad Gita I Chapter 12 Verses 13-14 I Swami Sarvapriyananda
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Verses 13-14 from the Twelfth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The Song of God".
🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 12 Verses 13 - 14:
अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्र: करुण एव च |
निर्ममो निरहङ्कार: समदु:खसुख: क्षमी ||13||
सन्तुष्ट: सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चय: |
मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मद्भक्त: स मे प्रिय: || 14||
adveṣhṭā sarva-bhūtānāṁ maitraḥ karuṇa eva cha
nirmamo nirahankāraḥ sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣhamī ||13||
santuṣhṭaḥ satataṁ yogī yatātmā dṛiḍha-niśhchayaḥ
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ || 14||
🔴 Friendly and compassionate to all and without any touch of hatred; devoid of possessiveness and arrogance; ever content and contemplative; alike in happiness and misery; self-controlled and firm in conviction; dedicated to Me with all his soul - dear to Me is a man who is thus devoted.
Swamiji, Pranam! It seems you have been taking gospel class regularly, but those talks are not uploaded on you tube, so this is my sincere request to have that, for all Internet audience….. we are deprived of that….swamiji’s words of wisdom!kindly do the needful. Thanks.👏🏽
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Earnest request please upload The Gospel ,🙏🙏🙏
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Can anyone viewing this kindly advise if episode 140 has been uploaded as yet as I am unable to locate it. Thank you
Righteousness is asked for
Forgiveness also.
When to be righteous ??
When to forgive ??
This is a question I have contemplated a great deal. I humbly offer what has come to me thus far, in the hope it may offer you benefit and clarity (even if only in your conviction to disagree 😄).
The most simple and concise way I can speak of this is to refer to the model of a wise parent and their child. Of course parents want their children to be happy. But a parent who indulges the child's every whim is not providing proper guidance and has abdicated their true responsibility.
The child may really want candy for supper, for example, and will be terribly unhappy (angry, shouting, pouting) if they are given vegetables instead. The ineffective, weak parent, reasoning that the child's happiness is paramount, with say, "Alright. You can have the candy."
We know, however, that ultimately this does the child no good. Candy is not healthy for the body, and vegetables are necessary for growth and health. Candy for supper gives only a short-sighted, temporary happiness. And it sets up selfish and self-indulgent habits in the child that will drive them further and further from a spiritual life. So, despite the temporary unhappiness displayed by the child, the right thing for parents to do is to insist children eat their vegetables.
It is similar with forgiveness (or, at least, its outward appearance). First, we must examine whether there really is anything to forgive (that I feel hurt or angry is not, alone, an indication, since those may be my own ego when, in fact, the person has done nothing wrong). If a person has actually behaved badly (lying, theft, violence, etc), are they aware of their transgression? Have they sought to rectify the harm they've done? Have they any interest in reconciliation?
When we "forgive" too easily, though it may appear virtuous, if we do so prematurely (without the awareness and atonement of the transgressor), we are like the parent handing out candy for supper. We've done something to ever so temporarily restore peace, but, in fact, we are reinforcing destructive behaviours by obliterating the motivation for the transgressor to stop. If it's easy to steal from your wallet, you don't even get angry or make me pay it back, I'm likely to steal again and again.
Sometimes NOT forgiving IS the most loving thing to do. This is not permission to harbour a grudge, plot revenge or retaliation, or grow contempt for the wrongdoer. Rather, it's cultivating the strength and courage to hold them accountable, and the willingness to detach from the relationship if necessary if they don't do their part toward restoration to balance and harmony.
Unfortunately, many religious traditions advocate carte blanche "forgiveness" without teaching the necessary conditions. Put another way, if we are willing doormats and punching bags, we are helping people get worse, not better. A kind of "spiritual pride" can grow around this precisely because we have been taught to "forgive" without discernment.
Put another way, we are interfering with karma and natural order if we too quickly relieve people of the guilt and remorse a healthy soul will feel when it transgresses. And we indulge our own attachment (to the person, the relationship, our self image, approval of others, etc) when we oversimplify "forgiveness" to the point of foolishly letting people "get away with" bad behaviour. That sets up only a repetitive pattern of harm and destruction.
It takes great courage, resilience, self control, self sacrifice, and maturity to recognize wrongdoing, to hold people accountable, not to grow bitter, and to be ready to forgive IF the transgressor does their necessary part. Examine whether "forgiveness" is true or if it is being driven by fear or a sense of superiority.
Sometimes the most loving thing we can say is "That is not okay, and I will not be complicit," for a person who sins (especially repeatedly, like, say, cruel outbursts, indulging addiction, neglecting responsibilities) is fueling their ego and killing their spirit.
Anything CAN be forgiven, but not everything SHOULD. Or, at least, there are components necessary for the transgressor to contribute to make forgiveness appropriate. Until those components are presented, we can fervently pray for the well-being of the transgressor and cultivate compassion for them in our hearts. And we can be free from guilt that the relationship has fractured because we are confident that was not our doing or choice or lack of willingness.
Meanwhile, the practice is to remain vigilant lest bitterness, resentment, and a taste for vengeance take hold in us. Those are not the same as justice and restitution. We don't look for the transgressor's remorse to sadistically enjoy shaming them; we look for it to discern whether they have truly learned their lesson or simply want to be let off the hook.
So forgiveness is not as facile as religions make it out to be. It takes a great deal of self reflection, wise discernment, discrimination, maturity, and strength not to be at one extreme (unable to forgive even a minor slight or accept even a sincere apology) or the other (allowing people to get away with anything with no repercussions).
Hari Om
I wish Swamiji's discourses are in print form which we can purchase.
I am making notes, but still feel that these words should be in print. We can't rely on Internet or soft copies for availablity always. Yes these words need to be revisited often. Hope this lecture series will be in book form. Thanks for saying that.
Charana vandana Swamiji!Blessed to hear Swamiji's devine voice in the morning
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Pranam and Gratitude Maharaj! Gratitude for the Blessings and grace flowing through the talk.🙏🙏
Namaskarams🙏🙏🙏 Swami ji
So happy to listen to you🙏 Bhagavatgita 🙏GRACE🙏 flowing through you🙏
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thank you Swami ji for your love and wisdom :)
Does anybody know of an ongoing Gita study group they could recommend?
I found this entire series available on the Vedanta Archives channel. There is a playlist entitled Bhagavad Gita.
Please tell the person who handles the documentation to have a video setup as we enjoy to watch swamiji tell stories! Consider this please! Pranams☺🙏
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Pranam Swami Sarvapriyananda ji
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