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The stages of mind and the joy of an appeased mind bhagavad gita kashmir shaivism mind Jul 24, 2023

This is Swami Lakshmanjoo’s translation of chapter 6, verses 21 to 24, of Abhinavagupta’s commentary of the Bhagavad Gita explaining the stages of mind and the joy of an appeased mind in Kashmir Shaivism.

In the summer of 1987 Swami Lakshmanjoo began compiling important verses from the various scriptures he had studied throughout his life. Each Sunday he would distribute one or two slokas to devotees, at the same time giving in brief their essential meaning. In all Swamiji revealed a total of e...

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How to not be disturbed by your mind.
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How to not be disturbed by your mind. hymns to shiva mind Jul 21, 2023

In this excerpt from the Hymns to Shiva, Utpaladeva’s Shivastotravali, Swami Lakshmanjoo reveals how to not be disturbed by your mind.

 

Chapter 12 (56:13)

मनसि स्वरसेन यत्र तत्र

प्रचरत्यप्यहमस्य गोचरेषु  ।

प्रसृतोऽप्यविलोल एव युष्मत्-

परिचर्याचतुरः सदा भवेयम्  ॥२५॥

manasi svarasena yatra tatra

pracaratyapyahamasya gocareṣu /

prasṛto’pyavilola eva yuṣmat-

paricaryācaturaḥ sadā bhaveyam //25//

There is one problem: I don’t want to control my mind because the mind is so swift, you...

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