The Teachings of the Bhagavad Gita & Overcoming Depression with Meditation

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The Teachings of the Bhagavad Gita

 

Marks of a Self-Realized Person

 

Lord Krishna said: When one is completely free from all desires of

the mind and is satisfied with the Supreme Being by the joy of

Supreme Being, then one is called an enlightened person, O Arjuna.

(2.55)

 

A person whose mind is unperturbed by sorrow, who does not crave

pleasures, and who is completely free from attachment, fear, and

anger, is called an enlightened sage of steady intellect. (2.56)

 

The mind and intellect of a person become steady who is not attached

to anything, who is neither elated by getting desired results, nor

perturbed by undesired results. (2.57)

 

When one can completely withdraw the senses from the sense objects as

a tortoise withdraws its limbs into the shell for protection from

calamity, then the intellect of such a person is considered steady.

(2.58)

 

The desire for sensual pleasures fades away if one abstains from

sense enjoyment, but the craving for sense enjoyment remains in a

very subtle form. This subtle craving also completely disappears from

the one who knows the Supreme Being. (2.59)

 

 

 

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