Dr. Jayadeva Yogendra
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24th December 2013 – Tuesday – Bhagavad Gita 6.7 – 6.8
” You see we are going over some very old literature. The dates can be as old as 2000 years. And they have said that has made an imprint , not only on the Indian mind but on the European mind as well. They practically salvaged these old writings, they found them out, published them and spoke highly about them. So we are reading such old writings, which have meaning, which had earlier meaning also and which today are found to be very useful. They are related to life, life which we are living, but we are too busy to think about it. We just have food to eat and a bed to sleep in, that kind of things are enough, why and why for, this doesn’t touch us much. So we have these shlokas that tell us about my mind , that is quiet, which we don’t unfortunately have. It has full control over itself and which is called as an abode, a residence, a home of God- That is the mind. And that mind besides the worldly thinking about nuts and bolts and rupees and paisa, it think about life itself. This thinking we hardly carry out, but it has meaning- why are we there in this world? what is our purpose? what happens when we are not in this world? what is it that we can do so that we can get the most of it? Such are the questions that they asked themselves and lay down in writing , which is called the Bhagavad Gita. ”
26th December 2013 – Thursday- Asmita
27th December 2013 – Friday – Yoga Sutra 2.3
“These are words, we hear them all the time. The catch is whether we can really practice them, practice even the simplest. It may be speaking the truth , it may be non stealing. But whether we have that inner urge to control. That is the essence of the whole thing. That urge to control. We have to develop it”.