Shree Krishna reveals How your MIND truly WORKS | Swami Mukundananda | Bhagavad Gita 2.62/63

How does our mind work? Shree Krishna explains that anger, greed, lust, etc. are considered in the Vedic scriptures as diseases of the mind. We are all aware of the diseases of the body-even a single bodily ailment has the power to make one’s whole day miserable-but we do not realize that we are being continuously tormented by multiple ailments of the mind. And since we do not recognize lust, anger, greed, etc. as mental diseases, we do not try to cure them. Psychology is a branch of human knowledge that attempts to analyze these ailments and proposes how to solve them. Swami Mukundananda points out that both the analysis and the solution presented by western psychology leave much to be desired, and appear to be gross approximations of the reality of the mind.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:38 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Sloka 41 Chanting
2:16 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Sloka 41 Translation by Swami Mukundananda
3:06 Bhagavad Gita Commentary by Swami Mukundananda: How does your mind truly work?
Answer Today's Quiz in Pinned comment!
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In these 2 verses, Shree Krishna has given perfect and penetrating insight into functioning of the mind. He explains that when we repeatedly contemplate that there is happiness in some object, the mind becomes attached to it. Now attachment seems quite innocuous by itself. But the problem is that from attachment comes desire. If one is attached to drinks, the desire for drinks comes repeatedly to the mind. If one is attached to cigarettes, then thoughts of the pleasure of smoking cigarettes repeatedly flow in the mind, creating a craving for them. In this way, attachment leads to desire. Once desire develops, it gives birth to two more problems-greed and anger. Greed comes from the fulfillment of desire. Thus desire is never eliminated by satiating it:
On the flip side what happens if the fulfillment of desire is obstructed? It gives rise to anger. Bear in mind that anger does not arise by itself. It is created from the obstruction of desire; and desire arises from attachment, while attachment comes from contemplation of the sense objects. In this manner, we see how the simple act of contemplating the pleasures of sense objects leads downward to the twin diseases of greed and anger.
Anger impairs judgment. In anger, people commit mistakes that they later regret, because the intellect gets clouded by the haze of emotions. When the intellect is clouded, it leads to bewilderment of memory. The person then forgets what is right and what is wrong, and flows along with the surge of emotions. The downward descent continues from there, and bewilderment of memory results in destruction of the intellect. And since the intellect is the internal guide, when it gets destroyed, one is ruined. In this manner, the path of descent from divinity to impiety has been described beginning with contemplation on the sense objects to the destruction of the intellect.
In this video, Swami Mukundananda also reveals the solution to get out of the vicious cycle of attachment, greed and desire. Swamiji explains that when we repeatedly contemplate that true happiness is only in God (instead of in material things, people etc), we will get attached to God and start desiring Him. Since God is all-pure, this will result in purification of our mind and we will get rid of the diseases of the mind.
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About Swami Mukundananda
Swami Mukundananda is a global spiritual leader, philosopher, visionary, author, and humanitarian. He is the founder of JKYog (Jagadguru Kripaluji Yog), which offers Yoga for Body, Mind, and Soul. Swamiji has distinguished degrees from IIT and IIM. Swami Mukundananda took the renounced order of life after giving up his promising corporate career. He is a senior disciple of Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj, who entrusted him with spreading Vedic Knowledge and Bhakti Yog throughout the world.
In this channel, Swamiji explains the profound knowledge of the Holy Bhagavad Gita in a lucid and succinct manner verse-by-verse. And he teaches us how to practically apply the wisdom bestowed by Lord Krishna in our daily lives to bring out the best version of ourselves and make our life successful.
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Answer Quiz here: 1. Anger and greed arise from __________ . 2.. Attachment results from A. Intrinsic qualities of an object/person B. Contemplation of happiness in an object/person C. Anger D. Greed 3. What is the solution to overcome our mental afflictions?

[@janepatil2152]

1)From Desire.Contemplating on worldly object. 2)Contemplation of happiness in an object/person. 3)Attach your mind to god.

[@deepa3208]

1. Desire 2. Contemplation of happiness in an object/person 3. Attach our mind to god, by repeatedly contemplation that there is happiness is in god as he is in fact the ocean of happiness

[@annann-fn2zi]

Desire,B, contemplate that happiness is in God. My own spin, make the mind realize that the happiness it pursues is truly in God and not in other worldly things. During a recent staycation I binge watched a Netflix series for hours. Towards the end of the day I started feeling sad for no reason at all. I ignored the feeling and went about my routines of the day, listening to Bhajan singing and cooking dinner. I was refreshed again and it is then that I realized what I put my poor soul through for hours. The turbulence that the characters in the series went thru was impacting me. Why would I do that? Because I mistakenly thought I was going to be happy watching TV. I now have an aversion to such series. The more you indulge your mind in Krishna, the less it will wander off. We have to pay attention to how we feel after we read about Krishna or listen to guruji”s lecture, sing Bhajan versus something else we spend out precious time on. That’s what I have started doing and I hope this mental journal will train my mind not to subject my soul to unwanted things. I’m not perfect but I hope this helps someone else

[@Vivek-io3gj]

1. Desire 2. B 3. Attaching our mind to only the all-pure God in order to purify our mind

[@sameerkshirsagar4907]

1.Desire 2.B 3. Contemplate on GOD

[@ravipragada9552]

Here’s a single video that can dramatically change our life if we listen and try and implement it even in small increments. Lord Krishna has dissected the challenges we all face on a daily basis and gets to the root of the problems. Swamiji’s explanation and video depiction make it very easy to digest these gems of knowledge. Please don’t miss this video and highly recommend watching till the end 🙏🙏🙏

[@tanujadeshapande513]

Yes. Swamiji has explained in v simple language.Hearing this video will help to lessen the desire,and remember God for happiness...v helpfu

[@smitamehtadenton]

Swamiji says that attachment, contemplation on the objects of desire, and the desire to access material objects are the sources of all mental afflictions. When a desire is unfulfilled, it leads to anger. Anger ---> delusion ---> bewilderment of memory ---> ruin of the intellect ---> failure to discriminate ---> downfall of the soul. Thank you, Swamiji.

[@sheelasyamala7076]

Cultivate healthy thoughts to ensure peaceful Life.

[@sunayana.chakraborti]

1. Desire 2. B) 3. If we repeatedly contemplate that our true happiness lies in God, our mind will get attached to him and our desire will also be directed towards him. Thus, our mind will get purified by getting rid of the mental afflictions, our object of desire (God) being all pure. Radhey Radhey! (P.S. editting was really nice👍)

[@tulumadas7773]

The solution at the end of the video is the most important part.

[@viveksharma8698]

JAI BABAJI 🌹🌷🌸🌺💐🌟🌻🦚🙏JAI MAA 🌹🌷🌸🌺💐🌟🌻🦚🙏

[@dharmen2201]

We all are suffering from MRIGTRISHNA. That is delusion

[@sgp9999]

Radhey Radhey 🙏🌺🙏 Shubha Deepavali to all divine souls !!!. What a beautiful explanation by Swamiji 🙏🙏🙏. Very important Shlokas which I try to read everyday to remind myself to direct contemplation of attachment towards God.

[@amolpatil7375]

Omg!!!happiness is god. God is ocean of happiness, now i have intense desire fr god & ultimately i'll b in bliss

[@andrew8394]

This Spiritual Master Is So Highly Evolved And He Quit Worldly / Material Life For A Spiritual Austere Life. This Amazing Lecture He Is Giving Us Is Straight From The Heart ! Plain Old Fashioned Simple Truth. If You Are Searching For A Soul - Mate You Have Found Him On KZbin Right Here, If You Really Want To Know What Is The Meaning Of Life , You Don't Need To Look Any Further Than This Giant Of A Soul Will Show You The Way As Long As You're Willing. In My Life I Have Been Lucky To Find A Genuine Spiritual Soul - Master. Only The Most Sincere People Will Follow Me Following Swami Mukunanda. We Are All On The Same Journey Which Is The Progress Of The Soul. Thank You For Reading And I Thank Swamiji Mukananda For These Priceless Jems Of The Highest Knowledge Known To Mankind. Ii Jai Shree Krishna II

[@indrakumar6828]

What an explanation..... Radhe-Radhe 🙏♥️

[@roshanashta5650]

the best thing ive ever heard in my life.......truly soul touching.....my mind is blown to understand my lord's words HARE KRISHNA

[@sandhyadas6323]

Q no 1- Anger and greed come from desires. Q no 2- B, Contemplation of happiness in an object /person. Q no 3- When we detach our mind from material world and attach it to all pure God then our mind will be free from all mental afflictions.

[@sandeepraovishwakarma2311]

क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोहः सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः। स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति ॥

[@mahip6564]

1. Desire 2. B 3. Contemplate Happiness in God

[@kbchauhan4261]

Jaya Shri Radhe swamijee

[@cindybadree9315]

📿 Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare 🌻🙏

[@malathisaravanan7533]

Thank you very much Guruji 🙏🙏🙏

[@prathiksha3076]

BINGO GURUJI, you just solved the puzzle of MAYA itself Bravo, Bravo, Bravo, God Bless

[@user-pf3hj4jy4d]

Attachment is the root cause of anger ,greed and fear !!❤

[@satyapalsingh4429]

There are three enemies of man ;lust ,anger and greed .Desire is the destroyer of action (Kaamam karma naashanam).Greed is the destroyer of devotion (Lobham bhakti naashanam).Anger is the destroyer of wisdom (Krodham buddhi naashanam).My salutations to you ,venerable Swamiji ,ocean of knowledge .🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹

[@narharisamal2540]

Swamiji pranam I don't have any words to praise you. I have never heard explanation like this in a very simplistic and deeply way. Really I became very attached to your lectures on Bhagavad Gita.

[@SarvavidBhavati]

I love the Bhishm and Draupadi videos the most😉😘 I love Bhishm the Epitome of true Man, should have married though.

[@pushparamakrishnan9707]

Ans1.Desire 2.B 3. Contemplate on God so that there wont be any fulfillment of desire which lead to greed and unfulfillment of greed which leads to Unhappiness.

[@shuvamyadav340]

Life without Lord Krishna seems like Prayers without Devotion, Words without Emotion, Followers without Fragrance, Echo Without Resonance.

[@nautiyalatulofficial5030]

स्वामी जी के चरणों मे प्रणाम आपके दर्शन 2005 मे ज्वालापुर हरिद्वार मे हुए थे इस प्रवचन का हिंदी मे

[@utpalbarman3831]

Best video in the you tube

[@pushparamakrishnan9707]

Radhey radhey Happy Diwali to all. Excellent explanation by Swamiji about anger and greed. Videos are very nice. Thanks team.

[@swapnasimhadri1230]

Attaching our mind to All Pure will give ultimate happiness rather than attaching mind to the world.

[@rajeevranjan-nz4xw]

Salutations to the lotus feet of Swamiji and again salute over and over again.

[@MrInspirational]

This video saved my life

[@prakashvakil3322]

Aatmiya Swamiji. HARE KRSNA. HARE KRSNA. Surrendering as ATMA to PARAMATMA and Excepting *Hari Itchha, Hari Krupa* as the Style/Standard of *LIVING* ensuring fulfillment of BASIC NEEDS, naturally minimise Wants/Demands/DESIRING. Such a state is helpful practically in preventing Anger/Greed.... STHITPRAGYA!!! Very respectfully Loving ❤️ ING You One and All Now and HERE in this Light and Moment Experiencing HAPPINESS 🙏 servant of Servant of SERVANT 🙏

[@Prof.Dil_se]

Gita Gyan is so powerful and timeless ...great work by swamiji by explaining it in such a way that one remains binded ...greatful to you and your team Swamiji for providing such gem of wisdom from Gita in simplified elaboration....Hare Krishna 🙏

[@leelathain5337]

Jai Shree Krishna. Thank you for the Video.

[@devinramos6317]

Swami!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ashischettri6415]

Jai Shree Krishna

[@rolinibali6344]

Hare Krisna

[@dipalibiswas8873]

Jai Shree Krishna. 🙏🙏🙏. How explicitly Swamiji has done the root cause analysis of why we have desire and what is the panacea of it. 🙏🙏🙏 Koti koti Naman to Swamiji. 🙏🙏🙏

[@cindybadree9315]

📿 Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare 🌷🌻🙏

[@knowledge9570]

HARE KRISHNA.

[@KripaluAnuRadha]

Thank u Guruji. Jeevan dhanya ho gaya aap ko sunkar

[@maha9179]

Pranam Gurudev 🙏

[@sabinmainali4056]

The yearning for happiness is the root cause of it all.❤

[@dharmen2201]

Yearning for happiness from material objects or the sense objects is the root cause of all miseries. Yearning for happiness or Joy from God is what leads us to Him.

[@SarvavidBhavati]

Glad the king.

[@jalajamenon8664]

Thank you so much Swamiji🙏🙏🙏

[@neependrasharma4050]

HARE Krishna ❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

[@nikita6995]

Eagerly waiting for this lecture 🙏

[@narayanangr8725]

1) Desire 2) B - Contemplation of happiness in an object/person 3) Contemplate that we are a tiny part of GOD, No need to fulfil our desires, because we are already a drop of an ocean of bliss.

[@entreprendrelamour6770]

😳😳 why this channel is not yet worldwide ? 🙏🏽🧘🏽‍♂️

[@deepa3208]

What a wonderful detailed explanation given by Swamiji regarding the object of our desire which leads to happiness or mental afflictions

[@latasrivats8543]

Very wonderful explanation by Swami Mukundananda ji. 1) Anger and greed arise from desire 2) Desire arises when we contemplate happiness in a particular object/person/ circumstance etc. 3) We have to convince our mind that the real happiness is only in God & God related things. 🙏🙏

[@sanjita9563]

Throughout my teenage years I have been trying to avoid desires.I hade little knowledge that desires are bad.So it was very hard. I used to beat myself for desiring . But now I know where this desires are coming, thank you so much Swamiji, You answer the most important question for me. Thank you so much 🙏

[@ramyarmishra1011]

What an explanation by Swamiji . .. No one can explain like this... This is a matter of pity that the channel has such a low number of subscribers where as the tiktok dancers have millions. Arise and share as much as possible.

[@pradiptarath8578]

Radhe Radhe

[@Vivek-io3gj]

Very nice analysis by Swamiji! Every aspect is explained perfectly and it left me eager for the next vid! Radhey Radhey 🙏🙏

[@sonalshah5270]

Jay shree Krishna 🙏 Swamiji explained such a great way our true happiness in god and we need to comtiplanting again again then we can desire for god ❤️very important we know truth but still we are again desire for world thank you Swamiji for awsome explanation 🙏

[@user-pf3hj4jy4d]

Beautifully Explained ❤!!

[@vidyamadamanchi7091]

The most beautiful shloka in the Bhagwad Gita and the most logical if logic has any meaning in that world.

[@davidmendizabal9892]

this is the most useful video in the whole internet

[@vijethegde5618]

how do we contemplate that god is ocean of bliss? answer is he is free from all afliction he is sat chit ananda in other words when we give up desires what remains is purity. the purity is trupti like when you eat a full meal you don't want food and as a result happiness is there in the form of trupti so that state which is the cause of happiness need to be desired which again is desiring god because trupti, Shanti are forms of god. I explained what i realised from Swamiji's pravachan 🙏

[@jayantsingh7698]

Thanks you so much ❤

[@RrRr-gx2dd]

Blissful

[@sivarajah5346]

🙏🙏.GOOD

[@pradeepmudarapu6723]

Pranam Swamiji. Radhey Radhey.

[@vrindaneel2172]

If we contemplate on this knowledge repeatedly, it can help us to keep the mind under control. We tend to forget though, mind needs to be tamed and trained. Our own mind is the biggest obstacle on the spiritual journey! Thanks so much for all the knowledge!

[@rw4013]

Thank u swamiji .. such a clear explanation 🙏🏼 Om Sairam Om shanthi

[@sugunapatnaik2868]

Thank you Swamijee for throwing light on our mental diseases so minutely ; and showing ways to overcome them . Radhey Radhey .

[@ranjitkulkarni4116]

Simply outstanding and eye opening

[@ashokbbm]

Swamy ji no words! you are leading me to the enlightenment.

[@vinodsuthar007]

Hare Krishna Prabhuji🙏 Wish you happy Deewali 🙏

[@sreejashinu4117]

Wow... So well explained swamiji... You are super great 👍👍

[@Badrinj]

“Soul touching” - just to put in 2 words 🙏

[@jithinjs8708]

Can't put it in words. Simply mind blowing! Thank you for this!!!! ❤️

[@nishantsrivastava_legend]

This is what I have been looking for since a long time. Thank you so much Guruji for beautifully explaining the real source of anger & greed 💌🙏

[@ramakrishnag7325]

Life Changing speech for the one who understands this ... Pranaam Swamiji

[@anu_radha793]

Give any object to the mind . Focus on it everyday morning evening and night. An example if you want to become a teacher or businessmen or woman focus on it. You will be that person.

[@santoshbagh6327]

There is happiness in God. Jai Radhe krishna🙏

[@lekshmiputhuveedu460]

Swamiji.... 🙏🙏

[@3dks296]

सादर चरण स्पर्श प्रणाम 🙏🏻

[@nicolasbrown8541]

Agreed To All Points

[@madhusudanmhatre5107]

Thanks Swamiji!

[@arunadas7809]

Very inspiring 🙏🙏

[@varshapriya8662]

Awesome 🤗👍

[@ramadubey2661]

Jai Shree Krishna 🙏🙏

[@sayansaha3305]

राधे राधे 🕉️🛐

[@prabhoochandshiboo4736]

Super

[@sumathisethumadhavan4141]

Simply superb swamiji 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@unknownstranger6910]

My Respected Gurudev

[@TLavonLawrence]

Amazing lessons!

[@political-social]

Yes, Anger and Greed are DIS-ease.

[@parthopalaesthetics]

❤❤❤

[@sudeshpawar123]

This is so profound! 🙏

[@sudhakarvreddy]

Swamiji says that repeated thinking on God, the Ocean of Happiness, will purify your mind and that is the final solution because it will take you to a purified state/realization. How? That may be a higher desire which will purify the mind, but will still tie you to the world and/or a higher personality, not with an iron chain but with a golden chain. Desire-free state can only be reached when you understand (have the knowledge) that you yourself are Limitless Happiness, not that Limitless Happiness is in or with God...and that your essential/intrinsic nature is Happiness/Love. Therefore, knowledge must be "gained" (or more precisely, ignorance that I am not God must be destroyed) that "I am God and there is nothing other than God!" This knowledge will not bring answers to existential questions but the beauty will be that your such questions will be dissolved. We are with God in deep sleep (infinite peace/bliss) every night, but when we wake up we are back in ignorance. Is it not? It is not the mind that realizes God/Consciousness, but it is God/Consciousness that realizes through a body-mind-complex that it never was the body-mind-complex to begin with! Body-mind-complex is Me (Consciousness), but I am not the body-mind-complex...is the knowledge! The shadow is Me, but I am not the shadow...is the knowledge! Thank you!

[@ranadebray5440]

Brilliant teachings, Swami ji.

[@kamalinidevi4259]

Thank you swamiji for teaching us ❤️

[@anuradhadas3160]

So beautifully explained

[@vegetarianninja]

just hitting "like" doesnt seem enough. this is a wonderful talk about the "ladder of fall".

[@SATISHMAYEKAR]

Wow. Simple superb explaination !!!

[@vasanthigunasekar5103]

Thankyou gurujii 🙏