Yoga and Awakening

a center for
personal and planetary
awakening

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Introduction

12 Principles of Awakening

Spiritual Foundation

Scientific Foundation

Non-Dual or Integral Living

Embodying the Practice

Collective Awakening

                 Bhagavad Gita Studies

                            Based on

      Swami Dayananda's Home-Study Course

        Sthita Prajna (Stable Wisdom)

Chapter 2, verse 54

arjuna uvaaca

sthitaprajnasya kaa bhaasaa samaadhisthasya keshava

sthitadhia kim prabhaaseta kimaasita vrajeta kim

Arjuna said: Oh Keshava (Krishna), what is the description of a person of firm wisdom, one who's mind abides in the aatmaa, self? How does such a person, whose mind is not shaken by anything, speak, sit, walk?

Chapter 2, verse 55

srii bhagavaan uvaaca

prajahaati yadaa kaamaan sarvaan paartha manogataan

atmanyevaatmanaa tushtah sthita prajna stadocyate

Sri Bhagavan said:

when a person gives up all the desires as they appear in the mind, O Arjuna, happy in oneself, with oneself alone, that person is said to be one of stable wisdom.

Chapter 2, verse 56

duhkhesvanudvignamanahaah sukhesu vigatasprhah

vitaraagabhayakrodhah sthitadhirmunirucyate

The one who is not affected by adversities, who is without yearning for pleasures, who is free from longing, fear and anger, is said to be a wise person whose knowledge remains stable.

Chapter 2, verse 57

yah sarvatraanabhisnehastattatpraapya shubhaashubham

nabhinandhati na dvesti tasya prajnaa pratisthitaa

For one who is unattached in all situations, who neither rejoices on gaining the pleasant, nor hates the unpleasant, his knowledge is well established

Chapter 2, verse 58

yadaa samharate caayam kuurmo' nganiiva sarvashah

indriyaanindriyaarthebhyastasya prajnaa pratisthitaa

And when, like the turtle that withdraws its limbs, this person is able to completely withdraw the sense organs from their objects, his knowledge is steady.

Chapter 2, verse 59

yah sar

Chapter 2, verse 60

yah sar

Overview of the Gita

Essential Verses of the Bhagavad Gita

Sthita Prajna: How Does a Wise Person Interact with the World? 2:54 - 2:72

Summary of the 18 Chapters

Yoga in the Gita