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Date: 14 October 2022
Venue: Stonegate Elementary School, 100 Honors, Irvine CA92620

In this Satsang, Swamiji discusses the instructions and guidance given by Sri Krishna to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita gospel, and to Uddhava in Srimad Bhagavatam. The advice given by Sri Krishna in both cases was different, depending on the circumstances, the needs of the recipients, and the need of the hour.

In Upanishadic Sadhana, the seeker takes to exclusive knowledge pursuit, where the focus is study, introspection, meditation and enquiring about the Truth. But most people are not fit for this exclusive pursuit. As an alternative, Bhagavad Gita presents a pursuit, which can be practiced by everybody, at any stage of life, pursuing any activity in life.

The goal of meditation is to have a direct experience of the Self. Bhagavad Gita says that the goal of meditation must become the goal of active and interactive life also. Cultivating the parameters of the Atma—unaffectedness, detachment, impartiality, universality, fearlessness etc., the seeker must leave all selfishness and replace it with a universal dimension.

Arjuna, the courageous warrior, needed to fight the war to establish a righteous rule on earth, and to save the society from decline and ruin. So, Sri Krishna advised him to follow the path of Buddhi Yoga and fight. He needed to fight the gory war by adhering to Buddhi Yoga, with his intelligence anchored in the Self, with an expanded mindset.

In the Srimad Bhagavatam, Uddhava, the aged friend and minister of Sri Krishna, confessed that he had attachment, and possessiveness. To such an Uddhava, Sri Krishna’s advise was completely different. He instructed Uddhava to go to Badarikashrama and immerse himself in Bhakti. He asked him to leave all attachment, and fix the mind on the Lord.

Shlokas chanted in the Talk:
15:31 - अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता… Bhagavad Gita 1.45
21:41 - इन्द्रियाणि पराण्याहुरिन्द्रियेभ्य:... Bhagavad Gita 3.42
23:46 - एवं बुद्धे: परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना.. Bhagavad Gita 3.43
40:13 - ....यत्र यत्र मनो याति तत्र तत्र समाधयः .... Drig-Drishya-Viveka 30
47:17 - नाहं तवाङ्‍‍घ्रिकमलं क्षणार्धमपि केशव... Srimad Bhagavatam 11.6.43
49:43 - रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन्... Bhagavad Gita 2.64
55:59 - त्वं तु सर्वं परित्यज्य स्‍नेहं स्वजनबन्धुषु... Srimad Bhagavatam 11.7.6


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