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Session 02 of Nutan Swamiji during the Bhagavad Gita Retreat oragnised by CIRDNA during USA Jnana Yajna 2025.

Date: 13 June 2025
Venue: Fairfield Inn 15011, Newport Ave, Tustin CA 92780

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In this Satsang, Swamiji reiterates that a seeker must reinforce meditational sadhana with interactional sadhana every day. Interactions are not to be shunned but to be used as opportunities for personality transformation. The goal of meditation (realizing the Self) must be made the goal of interactions also. The Soul dimensions-universality, unaffectedness, etc.- must in infused in all activities and interactions.

The Bhagavad Gita discusses the three-guna model to facilitate understanding of the personality and and to attain freedom from the bondage of the gunas. Sattva, rajas, and tamas will continue to function in the human personality, but their binding influence can be transcended.

Sattva guna leads to understanding, knowledge, and purity. It helps grow discrimination and it reveals the unity in diversity. It is conducive to the knowledge that leads to the ultimate Truth. But sattva guna binds by saatvika sukha and saatvika jnana.

Rajo guna leads to a fragmented and colured vision, fostering clinging to what one likes and aversion to what one dislikes. It enhances greed, and yearning for desire-motivated activities. It distracts a seeker from his goal. Rajo guna binds through karma sanga--clinging to ceaseless activity.

Tamo guna is opposed to activity and enlightenment. It leads to inattention, lethargy, and delusion, veiling the Truth through ignorance.

Shlokas chanted in the Satsang:
10:52 - रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन् …Bhagavad Gita 2.64
36:40 - मन्त्रविदेवास्मि नात्मवित्... तरति शोकं आत्मवित्....Chaandogya Upanishad ७.१.३
38:45 - आहार शुद्धौ सत्त्वशुद्धिः...Chaandogya Upanishad.
44:41 - सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणा: .... Bhagavad Gita 14.5
46:20 - तत्र सत्त्वं निर्मलत्वात्प्रकाशकमनामयम् ...Bhagavad Gita 14.6
48:30 - सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते ...Bhagavad Gita 18.20
55:27 - यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम् ....Bhagavad Gita 18.37
58:43 - रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम् ....Bhagavad Gita 14.7
1:00:30 - तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् ....Bhagavad Gita 14.8

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