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| <div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" class="section" sec_index="0" parent="compilation" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is"><h2>Bhagavad-gita As It Is</h2> | | <div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" class="section" sec_index="0" parent="compilation" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is"><h2>Bhagavad-gita As It Is</h2> |
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| <div class="heading">Satisfaction of the mind can be obtained only by taking the mind away from thoughts of sense enjoyment. | | <div class="heading">Satisfaction of the mind can be obtained only by taking the mind away from thoughts of sense enjoyment. |
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 17.16|BG 17.16, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">And satisfaction, simplicity, gravity, self-control and purification of one's existence are the austerities of the mind.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 17.16 (1972)|BG 17.16, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">And satisfaction, simplicity, gravity, self-control and purification of one's existence are the austerities of the mind.</p> |
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| <div class="purport text"><p>To make the mind austere is to detach it from sense gratification. It should be so trained that it can be always thinking of doing good for others. The best training for the mind is gravity in thought. One should not deviate from Kṛṣṇa consciousness and must always avoid sense gratification. To purify one's nature is to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. Satisfaction of the mind can be obtained only by taking the mind away from thoughts of sense enjoyment. The more we think of sense enjoyment, the more the mind becomes dissatisfied. In the present age we unnecessarily engage the mind in so many different ways for sense gratification, and so there is no possibility of the mind's becoming satisfied. The best course is to divert the mind to the Vedic literature, which is full of satisfying stories, as in the Purāṇas and the Mahābhārata. One can take advantage of this knowledge and thus become purified. The mind should be devoid of duplicity, and one should think of the welfare of all. Silence means that one is always thinking of self-realization. The person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness observes perfect silence in this sense. Control of the mind means detaching the mind from sense enjoyment. One should be straightforward in his dealings and thereby purify his existence. All these qualities together constitute austerity in mental activities.</p> | | <div class="purport text"><p>To make the mind austere is to detach it from sense gratification. It should be so trained that it can be always thinking of doing good for others. The best training for the mind is gravity in thought. One should not deviate from Kṛṣṇa consciousness and must always avoid sense gratification. To purify one's nature is to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. Satisfaction of the mind can be obtained only by taking the mind away from thoughts of sense enjoyment. The more we think of sense enjoyment, the more the mind becomes dissatisfied. In the present age we unnecessarily engage the mind in so many different ways for sense gratification, and so there is no possibility of the mind's becoming satisfied. The best course is to divert the mind to the Vedic literature, which is full of satisfying stories, as in the Purāṇas and the Mahābhārata. One can take advantage of this knowledge and thus become purified. The mind should be devoid of duplicity, and one should think of the welfare of all. Silence means that one is always thinking of self-realization. The person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness observes perfect silence in this sense. Control of the mind means detaching the mind from sense enjoyment. One should be straightforward in his dealings and thereby purify his existence. All these qualities together constitute austerity in mental activities.</p> |
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 9.19.13|SB 9.19.13, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">A person who is lusty cannot satisfy his mind even if he has enough of everything in this world, including rice, barley and other food grains, gold, animals and women. Nothing can satisfy him.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 9.19.13|SB 9.19.13, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">A person who is lusty cannot satisfy his mind even if he has enough of everything in this world, including rice, barley and other food grains, gold, animals and women. Nothing can satisfy him.</p> |
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| <div class="purport text"><p>Improvement of one's economic condition is the aim and object of a materialist, but there is no end to this material advancement, for if one cannot control his lusty desires, he will never be pleased, even if he gets all the material wealth of the world. In this age we see much material improvement, but still people are struggling to get more and more material opulence. Manaḥ ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛti-sthāni karṣati ([[Vanisource:BG 15.7|BG 15.7]]). Although every living entity is a part of the Supreme Being, because of lusty desires one continuously struggles for so-called betterment of one's economic condition. To have a satisfied mind, one must give up his heart disease of lusty desires. This can be done only when one is Kṛṣṇa conscious.</p> | | <div class="purport text"><p>Improvement of one's economic condition is the aim and object of a materialist, but there is no end to this material advancement, for if one cannot control his lusty desires, he will never be pleased, even if he gets all the material wealth of the world. In this age we see much material improvement, but still people are struggling to get more and more material opulence. Manaḥ ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛti-sthāni karṣati ([[Vanisource:BG 15.7 (1972)|BG 15.7]]). Although every living entity is a part of the Supreme Being, because of lusty desires one continuously struggles for so-called betterment of one's economic condition. To have a satisfied mind, one must give up his heart disease of lusty desires. This can be done only when one is Kṛṣṇa conscious.</p> |
| :bhaktiṁ parāṁ bhagavati pratilabhya kāmaṁ | | :bhaktiṁ parāṁ bhagavati pratilabhya kāmaṁ |
| :hṛd-rogam āśv apahinoty acireṇa dhīraḥ | | :hṛd-rogam āśv apahinoty acireṇa dhīraḥ |
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| :prasanna-cetaso hy āśu | | :prasanna-cetaso hy āśu |
| :buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhate | | :buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhate |
| :([[Vanisource:BG 2.65|BG 2.65]]) | | :([[Vanisource:BG 2.65 (1972)|BG 2.65]]) |
| <p>And with satisfaction, with satisfaction of the mind, prasanna-cetasaḥ, satisfaction of the mind, then your intelligence will be fixed up on spiritual activities.</p> | | <p>And with satisfaction, with satisfaction of the mind, prasanna-cetasaḥ, satisfaction of the mind, then your intelligence will be fixed up on spiritual activities.</p> |
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