Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Verses 64-66 from the second chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The song of God".

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🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2, Verse 64:

रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन् |

आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति || 64||

rāga-dveṣha-viyuktais tu viṣhayān indriyaiśh charan

ātma-vaśhyair-vidheyātmā prasādam adhigachchhati

🔴 Approaching objects with senses free from attachment and aversion, and controlled by the mind, the man who has mastered his mind wins serenity.

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2, Verse 65:

प्रसादे सर्वदु:खानां हानिरस्योपजायते |

प्रसन्नचेतसो ह्याशु बुद्धि: पर्यवतिष्ठते || 65||

prasāde sarva-duḥkhānāṁ hānir asyopajāyate

prasanna-chetaso hyāśhu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣhṭhate

🔴 Serenity won, sufferings come to an end; the reason of that man, whose mind is serene, soon becomes steadfast.

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2, Verse 66:

नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना |

न चाभावयत: शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुत: सुखम् || 66||

nāsti buddhir-ayuktasya na chāyuktasya bhāvanā

na chābhāvayataḥ śhāntir aśhāntasya kutaḥ sukham

🔴 The unintegrated mind has no wisdom; nor can such a person have yearning (for Self-knowledge). Without such yearning, no peace (is possible). For one lacking peace, how can there be happiness?

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Vedanta Society of New York is affiliated with the Ramakrishna Order of India. In fact, this is the Order's first Center started by Swami Vivekananda, in 1894. It was a historic event, for the seed of the world-wide Ramakrishna Movement was sown here in New York over a century ago. Swami Sarvapriyananda is the present Resident Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York.