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Gurupoornima Rereat Sessions by Ma Gurupriya

In this session, quoting from the Bhagavad Gita, Ma says that man devotes his life to gratifying his desires and believes that there is no other purpose of life. He is tied by many chains of desire and expectation and resorts to planning for and amassing wealth. Blinded by ignorance and delusion, having numerous desires, he creates a living hell for himself. He forgets that sensory pleasures will only lead to misery.

When man has desires and he is attached to the objects of enjoyment and family, the family becomes a prison for him and it becomes impossible for him to get rid of the worldliness. Seated in his heart, desires completely blind and delude him. He is constantly assailed by desire for name, fame, progeny, wealth, prestige etc., and he does not make any attempt to be released from this prison.

Introspecting and understanding that world enjoyments are transitory, a seeker must cultivate dispassion. Bhagavad Gita says that a seeker must repeatedly introspect over the ills of the world and cultivate dispassion. Not being passionate about sensory objects, he must clearly see the torment associated with birth, death, old age, disease etc. The conviction that all worldly objects and pleasures are insignificant and transitory is Vairagya. Dispassion to sensory objects is indispensable for a spiritual seeker.

Shlokas chanted in the Session:
2:37 - देहेऽस्थिमांसरुधिरेऽभिमतिं त्यज त्वं ....Bhāgavatamāhātmyam 4.79....
5:07 - भोगे रोगभयं कुले च्युतिभयं…. Vairagya Shatakam 31
6:32 - वयमिह परितुष्टा वल्कलैस्त्वं दुकूलै:…u200bu200bVairagya Shatakam 53
7:46 - भोगा न भुक्ता वयमेव भुक्ताः… Vairagya Shatakam 7
14:36 - श्वोभावा मर्त्यस्य यदन्तकैतत्सर्वेंद्रियाणां… Kathopanishad 1.1.26
42:20 - यदा यत्कर्तुमायाति तदा तत्कुरुते… Ashtavakra Samhita 18.49
52:05 - दुष्पारे भवसागरे जनिमृतिव्याध्यादिदुःखोत्कटे… Sarva Vedanta Siddhanta Sara Sangrahah 265
1:01:13 - शरीरपोषणार्थी सन् य आत्मानं… Vivekachoodamani 84
1:05:41 - इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहङ्कार… Bhagavad Gita 13.9
1:07:36 - ऐहिकामुष्मिकार्थेषु ह्यनित्यत्वेन… Sarva Vedanta Siddhanta Sara Sangrahah 23
1:12:00 - ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दु:खयोनय… Bhagavad Gita 5.22
1:15:45 - आशापाशशतेन पाशितपदो… Sarva Vedanta Siddhanta Sara Sangrahah 49
1:20:07 - कामो नाम महाञ्जगद्भ्रमयिता… ॥ Sarva Vedanta Siddhanta Sara Sangrahah 59

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