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Date: 13 October 2023
Venue: CIRD Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur Sadhana Shibiram 2023

In this Satsang, Swamiji further elaborates on the buddhi yoga of Bhagavad Gita. Buddhi yoga is undergoing all activities and interactions with the intelligence anchored in the Self. Through buddhi yoga, a seeker can make all activities and interactions instruments to reach the spiritual goal.

The ‘Gunaateeta’ concept is one of the methods suggested by Bhagavad Gita to establish the buddhi in the Self. The three-guna model helps us understand the three gunas and their effect on the personality. It also helps us transcend the effects of the three gunas, and become a gunaateeta.

Sri Krishna says that the three gunas—sattva, rajas and tamas belong to Nature. These three gunas bind the mind and intelligence of man. Bhagavad Gita says that even the sattva guna, which brings about knowledge, and harmony, binds a seeker by sukha-sanga (clinging to the saatvika sukha) and jnana-sanga (clinging to wisdom).

When tamo guna—marked by inattention, sleep, and laziness—dominates the personality, one should consciously cultivate the rajasic and saatvic qualities. When rajo guna is prominent, the seeker must bring in more sattva. But when sattva itself becomes dominant, the only way to transcend it is through surrender.

A Gunaateeta is one who does not resent the dominance of any guna, nor does he yearn to be free of the grip of any guna. He remains in a transcendental state. He functions naturally, being free of the bondage of the gunas.

Shlokas chanted in the Satsang:
6:17 - परं भूय: प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम् ...Bhagavad Gita 14.1
7:17 - इदं ज्ञानमुपाश्रित्य मम साधर्म्यमागता: ...Bhagavad Gita 14.2
13:06 - सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणा: प्रकृतिसम्भवा: ...Bhagavad Gita 14.5
28:07 - तत्र सत्त्वं निर्मलत्वात्प्रकाशकमनामयम्...Bhagavad Gita 14.6
32:03 - यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम् ...Bhagavad Gita 18.37
40:22 - सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते...Bhagavad Gita 18.20
54:00 - कैर्लिङ्गैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो... Bhagavad Gita 14.21
56:06 - प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव...Bhagavad Gita 14.22

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