Anxiety and Distress has become a common term in today's generation; right from the younger ones upto the elderly. In fact; these experiences have become a part and parcel of life. To resolve these problems; we find numerous initiatives taken by the Government and the leaders of our societies right from the field of education, work environments etc; however in vain.
Sri Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita elaborates on the root cause of these problems.
ye hi samsparsa-ja bhoga
duhkha-yonaya eva te
ady-antavantah kaunteya
na tesu ramate budhah ( 5.22 )
" The Pleasures which we derive on material sense objects are sources of pain and have a beginning and an end. A wise man does not base his happiness in them. "
bahya-sparsesv asaktatma
vindaty atmani yat sukham
sa brahma-yoga-yuktatma
sukham aksayam asnute ( 5.23)
" He who has mind not attached to external contact and whose happiness is based in his atman ( soul ). He attains eternal bliss. "
Today; the entire society is structured and rooted on material sense gratification. A Country is called Developed based on its external show of variegated objects for the external sense gratification for the public. All the Government manifestos and promises are based on providing maximum external enjoyment and comfort for the public. The education today in so called schools and Universities are also based on knowledge related to the externals but not about internal subject matters concerning the Atman and the Paramatman. Relationships amongst family members and friends are also based on external, temporary and non-constant factors such as Money, Beauty, material education etc.
Sri Krishna here tries to explain that; because the nature of material objects ( acit ) such as ones Shariram ( body ) and its products such as family, money, friends etc is subject to constant tranformation ( including its svabhava ) and destruction; the pleasure derived from it is also temporary, subject to time.
Thus an intelligent person does not root his happiness on it. He thus has his mind not attached to the externals but instead is rooted inwards to his atman ( soul ).
In the Sri Bhagavad Gita 5.24 Sri Krishna concludes.
yo 'ntah-sukho 'ntar-aramas
tathantar-jyotir eva yah
sa yogi brahma-nirvanam
brahma-bhuto 'dhigacchati ( 5.24)
" He whose happiness is within and whose pleasure garden is within. He is a Yogi. He after having realized his self ( atman ) attain the eternal bliss of the self ( atma ).
Sri Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita elaborates on the root cause of these problems.
ye hi samsparsa-ja bhoga
duhkha-yonaya eva te
ady-antavantah kaunteya
na tesu ramate budhah ( 5.22 )
" The Pleasures which we derive on material sense objects are sources of pain and have a beginning and an end. A wise man does not base his happiness in them. "
bahya-sparsesv asaktatma
vindaty atmani yat sukham
sa brahma-yoga-yuktatma
sukham aksayam asnute ( 5.23)
" He who has mind not attached to external contact and whose happiness is based in his atman ( soul ). He attains eternal bliss. "
Today; the entire society is structured and rooted on material sense gratification. A Country is called Developed based on its external show of variegated objects for the external sense gratification for the public. All the Government manifestos and promises are based on providing maximum external enjoyment and comfort for the public. The education today in so called schools and Universities are also based on knowledge related to the externals but not about internal subject matters concerning the Atman and the Paramatman. Relationships amongst family members and friends are also based on external, temporary and non-constant factors such as Money, Beauty, material education etc.
Sri Krishna here tries to explain that; because the nature of material objects ( acit ) such as ones Shariram ( body ) and its products such as family, money, friends etc is subject to constant tranformation ( including its svabhava ) and destruction; the pleasure derived from it is also temporary, subject to time.
Thus an intelligent person does not root his happiness on it. He thus has his mind not attached to the externals but instead is rooted inwards to his atman ( soul ).
In the Sri Bhagavad Gita 5.24 Sri Krishna concludes.
yo 'ntah-sukho 'ntar-aramas
tathantar-jyotir eva yah
sa yogi brahma-nirvanam
brahma-bhuto 'dhigacchati ( 5.24)
" He whose happiness is within and whose pleasure garden is within. He is a Yogi. He after having realized his self ( atman ) attain the eternal bliss of the self ( atma ).
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