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19 - Pathways to Peace and Happiness | Swami Tattwamayananda

19 - Pathways to Peace and Happiness | Swami Tattwamayananda

Update: 2019-06-281
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Chapter 2 Verses 66-69. The lecture was given by Swami Tattwamayananda on June 28, 2019.
-going beyond the tyranny of the senses and the sense-objects
-how to be in peace with ourselves
-the quest for tranquility of mind [prasada प्रसाद:]
-going beyond infatuation/ fascination and aversion: keeping the senses under restraint: way to perfect tranquility of mind
-Shankaracharya on प्रसाद:
-“प्रसाद: प्रसन्नता स्वास्थ्यम्” (Shankaracharya’s commentary on BG.II.64)
-Harmonizing the senses
-The tragedy of human life: being driven around by the senses and sense-objects
-Our actions reflect our mind
-How the boat of life gets capsized by the stormy waves and fierce winds of the senses and sense-objects
-Beyond likes and dislikes
-How to be in peace with oneself
-Quest for harmony within
-Need of consistency in conviction and practices
-Managing the mind through भावना (meditation) and linking the mind to the Transcendental
-Poet Kalidasa on the dangers of possessing power without wisdom
-No peace, no enlightenment for the unsteady
-How to remain spiritually ever awakened
-Days and nights in spiritual awareness: the contrasting pictures of the wise and the ignorant
-Our spiritual obligation to ourselves
-Steadying the mind by observing, by being its witness
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19 - Pathways to Peace and Happiness | Swami Tattwamayananda

19 - Pathways to Peace and Happiness | Swami Tattwamayananda

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