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The sixth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is devoted to meditation and realizing the Self. Meditation is the means and effort, where the mind thinks about an optional thought devoutly, wholesomely. When the optional thought is preserved in the mind, that thought also will dissolve and one will be taken to the source of the thoughts, source of all existence.

The focal point of this Satsang is ‘placidity of the mind.’ Swamiji says that when the mind becomes peaceful and placid, one will get the most supreme Sukha. When Samadhi is practiced constantly, one will have steady realization of the Self. The understanding or realization must become steady in interactions too. When the knowledge becomes unbroken and constant throughout life, one gets eternal happiness.

Samadhi is quiescence of the mind. In this calm and steady state, the senses become quiet and the mind is free of all desires. The mind processes get dissolved and one attains equalness. Thinking about the omnipresent Self, the mind gets dissolved in the omnipresence.

Swamiji says that Sri Rama, Arjuna, Uddhava, and Janaka just heard the message of the Self, the Supreme Truth. They did not get into meditation. They just heard the message, absorbed it and there was inner transformation and placidity. When the mind is placid and poised, there are no desires, or torments. The mind subsides in its own source.

Shlokas chanted in the Satsang:
7:18 - प्रशान्तमनसं ह्येनं योगिनं…Bhagavad Gita 6.27
12:12 - अत्यन्तवैराग्यवतः समाधिः… Vivekachoodamani 375
21:22 - सत्याचार्यस्य गमने कदाचिन्मुक्तिदायकम्…Introduction to Manisha Panchakam
25:23 - अन्नमयादन्नमयमथवा चैतन्यमेव….Introduction to Manisha Panchakam
30:33 - किं गङ्गाम्बुनि बिम्बितेऽम्बरमणौ…Introduction to Manisha Panchakam
36:39 - जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तिषु स्फुटतरा या..Manisha Panchakam 1
51:00 - यदा संक्षीयते प्राणो मानसं… Haṭhayogapradīpikā
55:39 - न शृणोति न चाघ्राति न… Kulārṇavatantram 9.13
57:56 - न चापि किञ्चिज्जानाति न च बुध्यति.. Kulārṇavatantram 9.14
1:08:31 - यथा जले जलं क्षिप्त क्षीरे क्षीरं… Kulārṇavatantram 9.15
1:10:02 - ध्यायतः परमात्मानं- आत्मस्थं… Garuḍapurāṇaṃ
1:11:47 - प्रशान्तवृत्तिकं चित्तं परमानन्ददायकं… Muktikopaniṣad
1:12:21 - मारुते मध्यसञ्चारे मनःस्थैर्यं… śāṇḍilya
1:13:17 - निरस्तविषयासंगं संनिरुद्धमनो…
1:14:38 - निवर्तयन्तीं निखिलेन्द्रियाणि प्रवर्तयन्तीं… Yogatārāvalī (shankara)

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