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esa brahmi sthitih partha  nainam prapya vimuhyati  sthitvasyam anta-kale ’pi  brahma-nirvanam rcchati  2.72

Living in this state, leaving your body in the end of your life, being in the state of fulfillment reaches you the Brahman Nirvana, the final Nirvana. You attain the Nirvana. The last breath of your life don’t juggle up with the desires. Relax into the Self, in your being. This is Brahman Nirvana. That is Nirvana.

So, Sankhya Yoga, Buddhi Yoga. All these 18 chapters are called yoga. 1^st chapter Vishad Yoga – regret. You are identifying yourself with the state of afired. Regreting this, regreting that, regreting for everything in life. Regret for what you did and regret for what you haven’t done. But don’t be struck there. Move on to next step – Sankhya Yoga, realise with knowledge, intellectual understanding what life is, who am I, what is this mind, what is this intellect, how this inner mechanism within me is working. Analysing and understanding we need a guidance. It’s all in the 2^nd chapter. Arjuna asks for guidance “I need guidance! I am your disciple. Please tell me.” Sincere seeking arises there. Then, knowing how the two important components in life : feeling and intellect, understanding. Understand how they are both important. And the both come to you when you are centered.

The usefulness of spirituality is mentioned here thoroughtly. It’s not spirituality out there but the spirituality in our day to day life, daily life. How the daily life we are in a mess with the desires, with emotion, not know how to handle them. To have them or not to have them. And getting into this big confusion of what to do and what not to do. An understanding is given in the Sankhya Yoga. The way things are, the way it is.

Before you can do anything about the mind, about the feeling, you have to understand the nature of them. Here that is what He is saying “ sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya  even a little bit of it you understand, if you follow, you will be free from fear, big fear in life. Take you out of fear, feverishness. Fear, feverishness and foolishness, the 3 things are to be eliminated. And that is what the 2^nd chapter is in short if you have to say. F-F-F: Fear, Feverishness and Foolishness.

We will see the 3^rd one later tomorrow.

Jai Guru Dev...