Gita in Daily Life - 01/11 - Conquering the Wild Mind - Talk in English by Swami Aparajitananda.

Hari Om !
Gita in Daily Life - Conquering the Wild Mind - Talk in English by Swami Aparajitananda, Chinmaya Mission Chicago.
Swamiji starts by explaining our own wild mind to us, by quoting the famous 6th Chapter verse from Śrīmad Bhagavad-Gītā. The common miserable experience of the seekers is their own wild mind which is aptly described by Arjuna while asking the question to the Lord, “How to control this wild mind? “ Krishna’s solution to Arjuna’s problem has been presented to us by Swamiji with his lucid explanation and examples.
Arjuna’s description of the wild mind-
• Chañchalaṁ - not just fickle, but extremely fickle
• Pramāthi - it is naturally negative. Worries, anxiety, and fear is its nature
• Balavad- extremely strong. Intellectually, a seeker knows what is right and wrong, but the mind forces a seeker to operate against his own intellectual convictions
• Dṛiḍham- stubborn, unyielding
Together all this is called the wild mind, which is like the wind!
With the help of the answer given by Bhagavān to Arjuna, Swamiji explains to us on how to conquer the wild mind.
1) Painfully be aware of the defects of rāga and dveṣa (like and dislike)- Likes and dislikes bind us in slavery, anxiety, worry, kāma, krodha, lobha, moha, mada and mātsarya
2) Meditate on the impermanent nature of things, beings, and situations, to reduce dependency
3) Develop devotion for God
Certain questions answered in the lecture are-
1. It is possible to conquer the mind?
2. Why is the mind so wild?
3. What is the diagnosis and medicine provided by the Lord for the wild mind?
4. Where and why does the mind get attached?
5. What are the negative traits of the attached mind, or a mind filled with rāga and dveṣa?
6. How do we acquire this attachment?
7. How do we do rāga abhyās instead of vairāgy abhyās, and how we ourselves create a cage for our suffering
8. Is our present interaction with the world intelligent or unintelligent?
9. What is the relationship between our dependency on the world, and our miserable state of mind?
10. Who is responsible for my miseries?
Do not show vairāgya but know it, do not express it but keep it as your deepest secret. One who express vairāgya is definitely not a vairāgi.
One of the important messages in the lecture is that spirituality is a science of mastering your life, being truly independent, and making you happy.

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Hari om. Pranam swamiji. It's truly needed to me. Thank you very much. Namaskaram.

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Dwelling on 'attachments' and getting frustrated is not going to help. The way forward is, attaching ourselves to something 'higher', e.g. a volunteering activity that can benefit the community, bhakti sadhana that'll connect us with Ishvara, ashtanga yoga practices, learning a language, e.g. Sanskrit, learning to chant scriptural hymns such as Purusha Suktham.

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I feel so grateful to have discovered these talks.Has cleared so many of my doubts.Will listen to this repeatedly.

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Hari Om Swamiji.
Conquering Mind
This mind is fickle ,negative ,powerful n stubborn.
But the solution to peace,harmony n happiness lies in our hand.
' Vairagya' is the magic word that holds mind's problem n solution in it.
Practice ,'raga' n make the mind powerful.
Practice ,'vairagya' n make it peaceful.
But ,'abhyasa' in the right direction only will get mastery over it bit by bit.
Regards n pranams .
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Thank you swamiji for explaining such difficult subjects in such simple understandable format

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Pranam swamiji
You have solved many queries today with your wonderful talk
Inside Rama and outside drama is a wonderful way of living . I'm deeply consoled by your wonderful explanation

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Hariom pujja swamiji respectful Pranams at your lotus feet beautiful explanation of wild mind

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Thoroughly enjoyed the session Swami Ji! Humble pranams to you!! 🙏

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Vairagya from self also, which we love the most🙏

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So nice

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Excellent x3. Every word is a precious word of wisdom Swji.🙏🙏🙏

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Swami Aparajitananda has beautifully explained this subject with the help just one shloka from the Bhagavadgita, making it applicable to every human being desiring to regardless of the religion he/she practises.
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Pranams Swamiji for giving us this clarity. Hari Om.
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Namaste Swamiji clear explanation.Thanks a lot .

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Hari Om - Will Swamiji continue to make his talks available on this channel since he is now in Chicago?

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