Sunday, August 13, 2006

Dwelling on Sense Objects

Bhagavad Gita 2.62-2.71
If a man keeps dwelling on sense-objects
attatchment to them arises;
from attatchment, desire flares up;
from desire, anger is born;
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from anger, confusion follows;
from confusion, weakness of memory;
weak memory- weak understanding;
weak understanding- ruin.
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But the man who is self-controlled,
who meets the objects of the senses
with neither craving nor aversion,
will attain serenity at last.
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In serenity, all his sorrows
disappear at once, forever;
when his heart has become serene,
his understanding is steadfast.
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The undisciplined have no wisdom'
no one-pointed concentration;
with no concentration, no peace;
with no peace, where can joy be?
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When the mind constantly runs
after wandering senses,
it drives away wisdom, like the wind
blowing a ship off course.
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And so, Arjuna, when someone
is able to withdraw his senses
from the very object of sensation,
that man is of firm wisdom.
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In the night of all beings, the wise man
sees only the radiance of the Self;
but the sense-world where all beings wake,
for him is as dark as night.
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The man whom desires enter
as rivers flow into the sea,
filled yet always unmoving-
that man finds perfect peace.
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Abandoning all desires,
acting without craving, free
from all thoughts of "I" and "Mine,"
that man finds utter peace.

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