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I bow to the eminent sage Patanjali, who removed the impurities of the mind through yoga, of&lt;br /&gt;
speech through grammar, and of the body through medicine.&lt;br /&gt;
We are studying the yoga aphorisms of Patanjali.&lt;br /&gt;
After somewhat elaborate introduction, we have started studying the first two aphorisms.&lt;br /&gt;
In the second aphorism, yoga is defined.&lt;br /&gt;
What is yoga?&lt;br /&gt;
It is samadhi.&lt;br /&gt;
The actual words that are used is yogaha chitta vritti nirodhaha.&lt;br /&gt;
Now a little bit of explanation is needed about this word.&lt;br /&gt;
When we look at our life from birth to death, what is it that we are really trying to do?&lt;br /&gt;
Whether we know it or do not know it, all our activities are directed only towards one&lt;br /&gt;
end.&lt;br /&gt;
Now what is it?&lt;br /&gt;
It is how to obtain unobstructed happiness, nothing else.&lt;br /&gt;
In this process, we would like to remove all the obstructions that are possible through&lt;br /&gt;
experience etc.&lt;br /&gt;
Are we able to succeed?&lt;br /&gt;
No.&lt;br /&gt;
Because there is a law, whatever doesn&amp;#039;t belong to us, doesn&amp;#039;t belong to us simply.&lt;br /&gt;
However much we try to make it our own, it is not possible.&lt;br /&gt;
Now let me take you back to how Swami Vivekananda had addressed the Parliament of Religions.&lt;br /&gt;
Most wonderful message, everyone is addressing people as my friends etc.&lt;br /&gt;
What did he call the audience?&lt;br /&gt;
Children of immortal bliss.&lt;br /&gt;
In this context, I also would like to put a question to you, rather it is a question&lt;br /&gt;
to all of us.&lt;br /&gt;
If I ask any one of you, do you believe what Swami Vivekananda had said?&lt;br /&gt;
I have no doubt, none of us will ever deny.&lt;br /&gt;
We say we have 100% faith in Swami Vivekananda.&lt;br /&gt;
What does that mean?&lt;br /&gt;
It means that we believe whatever he said was absolutely true.&lt;br /&gt;
Similarly, we also say the same thing about Sri Ramakrishna.&lt;br /&gt;
What did Sri Ramakrishna say?&lt;br /&gt;
God exists, not only exists, we are all divine and the goal of life is to attain God, to&lt;br /&gt;
find out who we really are, right?&lt;br /&gt;
Swami Vivekananda said, each children of immortal bliss, Amrita Putra, immortal bliss.&lt;br /&gt;
This is what we profess.&lt;br /&gt;
But do we attempt, if it is true, if we believe that it is true, do you think we will not&lt;br /&gt;
attempt?&lt;br /&gt;
If someone says, there is a tremendous happiness available there, will we not go?&lt;br /&gt;
After all, we are all seeking only that and yet it doesn&amp;#039;t seem as if we are in a hurry.&lt;br /&gt;
Yes, if it comes by itself, it&amp;#039;s quite alright.&lt;br /&gt;
But if we have to pay a lot of price for it, not now, slowly, slowly we will do it.&lt;br /&gt;
What is the reason?&lt;br /&gt;
The reason is the mind.&lt;br /&gt;
So that is why it is said, what is yoga?&lt;br /&gt;
Yoga is defined in a way, Chitta Vritti Nirodha.&lt;br /&gt;
Yoga also in the ultimate meaning is termed as Samadhi.&lt;br /&gt;
Now let us also understand these terminology and the study of this Patanjali Yoga Sutras&lt;br /&gt;
only in the light of the lives of great souls like Buddha or Jesus Christ or Sri Ramakrishna,&lt;br /&gt;
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Shankaracharya, etc., etc., anybody, it doesn&amp;#039;t matter.&lt;br /&gt;
We are all devotees of Ramakrishna.&lt;br /&gt;
In the Gospel of Ramakrishna, we get this word Samadhi very often.&lt;br /&gt;
What do we do?&lt;br /&gt;
We are reading it.&lt;br /&gt;
Some of us read it every day.&lt;br /&gt;
Some of us read it most of the time or occasionally at least, no doubt about it.&lt;br /&gt;
And we come across this word Samadhi so many times.&lt;br /&gt;
What do we understand by the word Samadhi?&lt;br /&gt;
We all wish when we are worshipping the photo of Sri Ramakrishna, which pose of Sri Ramakrishna&lt;br /&gt;
are we worshipping or meditating or praying to?&lt;br /&gt;
It&amp;#039;s only Samadhi state.&lt;br /&gt;
And this sitting posture is of the highest pose of Samadhi.&lt;br /&gt;
Supposing if Sri Ramakrishna was playing cricket or football, would you put a photograph of&lt;br /&gt;
Sri Ramakrishna and pray to him and meditate upon him?&lt;br /&gt;
Unless you happen to be a fan of cricket or football.&lt;br /&gt;
So why do we do it?&lt;br /&gt;
Unconsciously we are showing this is what we would like to attain if possible.&lt;br /&gt;
We have to understand what is it I am trying to attain.&lt;br /&gt;
Yes, I admire in him this state, but what is it that I want?&lt;br /&gt;
What happens to him?&lt;br /&gt;
Directly we do not try to understand, indirectly we do come at the truth.&lt;br /&gt;
You know what is the truth?&lt;br /&gt;
First of all, Sri Ramakrishna is a person who knows what is reality, what is truth.&lt;br /&gt;
Even this word truth or reality is a very complex word.&lt;br /&gt;
Let us not go into it.&lt;br /&gt;
But what we have to understand is what is the effect of this?&lt;br /&gt;
Let me illustrate it again.&lt;br /&gt;
Suppose you are watching a nice drama or cinema and they are so beautifully depicted, filmed&lt;br /&gt;
very beautifully, they get film awards etc.&lt;br /&gt;
You are becoming one with the depictions of characters there.&lt;br /&gt;
If there is a tragedy, then you feel sadness, unhappiness.&lt;br /&gt;
If the event is a very happy event, then you feel very joyous.&lt;br /&gt;
The heroine is about to be shot dead or thrown before the lions, something like that.&lt;br /&gt;
Suddenly this hero comes dashing and then doing something, you feel, thank God.&lt;br /&gt;
We do actually feel it, but at the same time everything that you watch there gives tremendous&lt;br /&gt;
happiness if it is done well, is it not?&lt;br /&gt;
Whether it is happiness, unhappiness, tragedy or comedy, everything gives happiness to you.&lt;br /&gt;
Why?&lt;br /&gt;
Because you are aware this is not real life, this is only a made up imaginary story.&lt;br /&gt;
It is not reality.&lt;br /&gt;
Why does it bring so much of emotions within us?&lt;br /&gt;
Because whatever depictions are here, they correspond to the actual happenings in life.&lt;br /&gt;
In our life, there are tragedies, death, sickness or murder, all these things are happenings&lt;br /&gt;
and at the same time there are also very nice things are there.&lt;br /&gt;
So what is a cinema?&lt;br /&gt;
It is only a representation of what is happening, but the difference is when we go through these&lt;br /&gt;
things in actual life, we go up and we go down, but when we are watching these same&lt;br /&gt;
events on the movie, on the screen, then it gives us only one result.&lt;br /&gt;
What is it?&lt;br /&gt;
Wonderful, marvellous, you enjoy, you enjoy your sadness, you enjoy your happiness, you&lt;br /&gt;
enjoy everything.&lt;br /&gt;
Why?&lt;br /&gt;
There is a crystal clear understanding, I am the reality who is watching and what I&lt;br /&gt;
am watching is not the reality.&lt;br /&gt;
In real life, we lose that distinction.&lt;br /&gt;
In real life, we become the participants.&lt;br /&gt;
When watching the cinema, we become the spectators.&lt;br /&gt;
Through this example, we can understand people like Shri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother or Swami&lt;br /&gt;
Vivekananda, see they also behaved exactly like us, but the difference is they know what&lt;br /&gt;
is reality and they know what is a show, this cinema screen called Maya, they know it.&lt;br /&gt;
This mind is sometimes called Maya, this mind is shown as an analogy of the cinema screen,&lt;br /&gt;
but the light which lights up and makes us possible to watch all that drama that is happening,&lt;br /&gt;
that light belongs to whom?&lt;br /&gt;
To us.&lt;br /&gt;
In this example of cinema, if you close your eyes, what happens to the tragedy and comedy?&lt;br /&gt;
It just disappears.&lt;br /&gt;
Only when you are consciously watching them and are completely aware, I am the observer,&lt;br /&gt;
this is what I am observing, then only you will enjoy everything.&lt;br /&gt;
That is the state of Samadhi.&lt;br /&gt;
That is the state of Yoga.&lt;br /&gt;
Yoga means Samadhi, Samadhi means why I am explaining so much.&lt;br /&gt;
The very definition sometimes leads to misunderstanding.&lt;br /&gt;
Yogaha chitta vritti nirodhaha, there is complete cessation of any type of activity in the mind,&lt;br /&gt;
that means we are not even aware of the mind.&lt;br /&gt;
That is also true, that is called Nirvikalpa Samadhi.&lt;br /&gt;
That is why I have brought the example of Sri Ramakrishna.&lt;br /&gt;
Sometimes Sri Ramakrishna used to be in the deep state of Samadhi.&lt;br /&gt;
You can call it Nirvikalpa Samadhi, in which state he is completely unaware of what is&lt;br /&gt;
happening.&lt;br /&gt;
He was not aware of his body, he was not aware of his mind, therefore all the worlds would&lt;br /&gt;
disappear from his, only he knows only one thing, I am, nothing else.&lt;br /&gt;
That is called Nirvikalpa Samadhi.&lt;br /&gt;
But when he is not in that state, in which state is he?&lt;br /&gt;
It is called Savikalpa Samadhi.&lt;br /&gt;
Savikalpa Samadhi, what does it mean?&lt;br /&gt;
It is Samadhi.&lt;br /&gt;
We are not using, he is just watching, he is just eating, he is just playing, he is&lt;br /&gt;
just talking.&lt;br /&gt;
What do we say?&lt;br /&gt;
He is in Savikalpa Samadhi.&lt;br /&gt;
What does it mean?&lt;br /&gt;
It means he is like a man who is watching a drama.&lt;br /&gt;
To put it in a funny way, you have gone to watch a cinema and you are watching, at that&lt;br /&gt;
time you are in what state?&lt;br /&gt;
Savikalpa Samadhi.&lt;br /&gt;
But now and then your eyes close, you are in deep Samadhi.&lt;br /&gt;
That is called Nirvikalpa Samadhi.&lt;br /&gt;
That means the whole cinema disappeared from the screen of your mind.&lt;br /&gt;
But other times you are watching, but how are you watching?&lt;br /&gt;
Whatever is happening, good or evil, happy or unhappy, you are only enjoying everything&lt;br /&gt;
because you are just a witness.&lt;br /&gt;
What does that mean?&lt;br /&gt;
The witness alone is the reality and what he witnesses is only an appearance.&lt;br /&gt;
It is not a reality.&lt;br /&gt;
He knows 100%.&lt;br /&gt;
We know 100%.&lt;br /&gt;
If somebody comes with a big shot gun, do you think you will run away from your seat?&lt;br /&gt;
Because you know, especially this example is more telling.&lt;br /&gt;
If you watch 3D movies, you know, I don&amp;#039;t know how many, a snake comes like that.&lt;br /&gt;
I myself, I know it is only cinema, but still I am doing like this.&lt;br /&gt;
Instinctively I am doing like that.&lt;br /&gt;
This is how we can understand Srinama Krishna Samadhi.&lt;br /&gt;
When he was in such a state where there is nothing else, Advaita, Nirvikalpa, not a slightest&lt;br /&gt;
modification, then he says I am.&lt;br /&gt;
When he is other than that state, outside that state, what does he say?&lt;br /&gt;
I am watching.&lt;br /&gt;
There also, what is it?&lt;br /&gt;
I am the reality, everything else is, it is only appearance, it is not reality.&lt;br /&gt;
Let us keep this understanding.&lt;br /&gt;
So to attain to this state is the goal of Yoga.&lt;br /&gt;
That is what means Yogaha Chittavruti Nirodha.&lt;br /&gt;
Now last class I mentioned, we have to understand this terminology.&lt;br /&gt;
How many words are there?&lt;br /&gt;
Four.&lt;br /&gt;
Yogaha Chittavruti Nirodha.&lt;br /&gt;
Now we were talking about Chitta and I also mentioned what is called Chitta by Patanjali&lt;br /&gt;
is what we roughly call mind in English language, but that is not a very adequate explanation.&lt;br /&gt;
What Vedanta calls Antahkarana, that is the correct, the mind has got four parts as you&lt;br /&gt;
know.&lt;br /&gt;
The first part is called quesitation, thinking what is it?&lt;br /&gt;
What is this?&lt;br /&gt;
Is it this?&lt;br /&gt;
Is it that?&lt;br /&gt;
Not very sure.&lt;br /&gt;
That is called Manaha.&lt;br /&gt;
When through proper observation, under proper right circumstances, right conditions, when&lt;br /&gt;
we can decide, yes this is a tree, this is a human being and this is the person I know,&lt;br /&gt;
that is called Buddhi.&lt;br /&gt;
Buddhi means definitive conclusion.&lt;br /&gt;
I know this is this.&lt;br /&gt;
Then when we experience something, that experience remains stored up in our mind which we call&lt;br /&gt;
memory.&lt;br /&gt;
You know memo, the word memo, you know that, memos all over your computer, small yellow&lt;br /&gt;
sheets are there, memo.&lt;br /&gt;
So memory means the experience stored up in a particular form, that function of the mind&lt;br /&gt;
which fulfills this memory function, it is called Chitta.&lt;br /&gt;
And behind these three always something comes, that is called Ahamkara.&lt;br /&gt;
I am thinking, I am doubting, I know what this is and I have experienced this.&lt;br /&gt;
So Manaha, Buddhi, Chitta, Ahamkara.&lt;br /&gt;
Now in this word Chitta which is used by Patanjali or Yoga Shastra, what we have to understand&lt;br /&gt;
is everything that happens, every thought, every idea, every imagination, any type of&lt;br /&gt;
modification that goes, that is called Vritti, everything.&lt;br /&gt;
You see something, that is a Vritti.&lt;br /&gt;
You understand it one way, that is also a modification.&lt;br /&gt;
Now before I go further, let me explain what is Chitta and what is Chitta Vritti.&lt;br /&gt;
Though I wouldn&amp;#039;t like to bore you with all details, again I will have to remind you.&lt;br /&gt;
I will show you this object.&lt;br /&gt;
What is this?&lt;br /&gt;
Whose watch is that?&lt;br /&gt;
Mine.&lt;br /&gt;
Don&amp;#039;t say my watch.&lt;br /&gt;
When I say, I say it is my watch, when you say, you say your watch, don&amp;#039;t say my watch.&lt;br /&gt;
It is my watch.&lt;br /&gt;
Now what is the point I want to draw your attention to is, I and my watch is never the&lt;br /&gt;
same.&lt;br /&gt;
These are totally different.&lt;br /&gt;
I am a different object and this is a different object.&lt;br /&gt;
Keep this in mind.&lt;br /&gt;
Now I will give another example.&lt;br /&gt;
You are walking by a seashore or a lake, beautiful lake, beautiful example and there is no breeze&lt;br /&gt;
and absolutely the water is very serene, undisturbed.&lt;br /&gt;
You can look your reflection very clearly.&lt;br /&gt;
Imagine suddenly some wind comes, breeze comes.&lt;br /&gt;
What happens?&lt;br /&gt;
It breaks into so many waves, bubbles, waves, whatever, small bubbles, big bubbles and round&lt;br /&gt;
bubbles, square bubbles and sweet bubbles, sour bubbles, all sorts of things come.&lt;br /&gt;
Now when I said this is my watch, I am different and the watch is different.&lt;br /&gt;
When I say this is water, this is lake and this is waves, we say it is waves.&lt;br /&gt;
We don&amp;#039;t say it is water.&lt;br /&gt;
What is the difference between water and waves?&lt;br /&gt;
Is there any difference?&lt;br /&gt;
That means the water has undergone some modification.&lt;br /&gt;
It is not something which has come and joined.&lt;br /&gt;
It is something, it itself.&lt;br /&gt;
In one state you call it water.&lt;br /&gt;
In another state you call it a wave.&lt;br /&gt;
Water and wave or bubble, whatever you say, it is nothing but exactly same object.&lt;br /&gt;
Another example to make this point very clear.&lt;br /&gt;
Here is a table, wooden table.&lt;br /&gt;
Wooden table is made up of what?&lt;br /&gt;
Wood.&lt;br /&gt;
What is the difference between wooden table and wood?&lt;br /&gt;
It is only the form we have given to distinguish it from other forms, that&amp;#039;s all.&lt;br /&gt;
It was wood, it is wood, even if you break up the table, it still will remain only as&lt;br /&gt;
wood.&lt;br /&gt;
These two, water and waves, wood and the table, etc., it is the same substance but seen in&lt;br /&gt;
a different way, different function, that is the most important point.&lt;br /&gt;
When we say chitta and chittavriddhi, mind and waves in the mind or modification, are&lt;br /&gt;
they two different things?&lt;br /&gt;
No, they are exactly the same thing and this is the point you keep, let us keep in mind&lt;br /&gt;
and we will go back to again what I mentioned.&lt;br /&gt;
What is the nature of the mind?&lt;br /&gt;
Means what is the constituent part of the mind?&lt;br /&gt;
What is this table made up of?&lt;br /&gt;
Wood.&lt;br /&gt;
What is the essence of this table?&lt;br /&gt;
Wood.&lt;br /&gt;
Exactly what is the essence of the, what we call chitta or mind, I would use synonymously&lt;br /&gt;
the English word mind and the Sanskrit word chitta, both I will use.&lt;br /&gt;
So what is this chitta made up of?&lt;br /&gt;
I mentioned it is made up of prakriti.&lt;br /&gt;
Prakriti means nature and prakriti is made up of three constituents.&lt;br /&gt;
What are they?&lt;br /&gt;
Sattva, rajas and tamas.&lt;br /&gt;
Let us dwell for a moment, what are these three things because an object is what its&lt;br /&gt;
nature is consisting of, isn&amp;#039;t it?&lt;br /&gt;
Just as this table is nothing but wood, its nature is nothing but wood.&lt;br /&gt;
If something is made up of a stone, it is nothing but a stone.&lt;br /&gt;
So you cannot compare the nature of the stone or the nature of the wood as equivalent.&lt;br /&gt;
Each thing has got its own special nature.&lt;br /&gt;
A mango tree has mango-ness and an apple tree has got apple-ness, these are separate.&lt;br /&gt;
What is the point?&lt;br /&gt;
Every object that we encounter consists of certain reality and that is its true nature.&lt;br /&gt;
Reality means that is its true nature.&lt;br /&gt;
Now in this context, when Swamiji called all of us children of immortal bliss, is he trying&lt;br /&gt;
to hypnotize us into thinking that we know we are not children of immortal bliss?&lt;br /&gt;
At least we are not even children of bliss, we are children of body, mind, thoughts, etc.&lt;br /&gt;
Where is immortality coming here?&lt;br /&gt;
Our very nature is as we understand now, is ever-changing, is it not?&lt;br /&gt;
So was Swami Vivekananda telling a lie?&lt;br /&gt;
No.&lt;br /&gt;
Of course you would not dare to say he is telling a lie, but at the same time you won&amp;#039;t&lt;br /&gt;
believe him.&lt;br /&gt;
That is the tragedy.&lt;br /&gt;
Yeah, that is the tragedy comedy.&lt;br /&gt;
He is telling the truth, we know he is telling the truth and yet we do not really 100% believe&lt;br /&gt;
him.&lt;br /&gt;
But maybe we will reach that state at some point.&lt;br /&gt;
It is an interesting word, nothing to do with our subject really.&lt;br /&gt;
Reaching means what?&lt;br /&gt;
You are not this now, but by hook or crook you will reach.&lt;br /&gt;
So the table is going to reach wooden hood at some point of time in future.&lt;br /&gt;
Is it going to?&lt;br /&gt;
It is already there, only it doesn&amp;#039;t know.&lt;br /&gt;
This is an important point.&lt;br /&gt;
Everything in this world has its own nature.&lt;br /&gt;
What is the nature of the chitta?&lt;br /&gt;
It is constituent of sattva, rajas and tamas.&lt;br /&gt;
Another classification from Vedantic point of view, manaha, buddhi, chitta and ahankara.&lt;br /&gt;
So it is constituted of sattva, rajas and tamas.&lt;br /&gt;
Let us dwell first.&lt;br /&gt;
What is first of all tamas?&lt;br /&gt;
Tamas means complete darkness.&lt;br /&gt;
Darkness means dullness, stupidity, it is there is no activity there.&lt;br /&gt;
As though it is, as if it is dead, not really dead, as if it is dead.&lt;br /&gt;
When a person is sleeping, when a person is dull, that is called tamas.&lt;br /&gt;
It is called sthiti, if you are particular about yogic terminology, it is called sthiti.&lt;br /&gt;
When some of you are listening to my talks, nodding your head, after some suddenly you&lt;br /&gt;
become still.&lt;br /&gt;
What is that state?&lt;br /&gt;
That is the nature of tamas.&lt;br /&gt;
What is the higher, a little bit different nature?&lt;br /&gt;
That is called rajas.&lt;br /&gt;
What is the nature of rajas?&lt;br /&gt;
It is called kriya.&lt;br /&gt;
What is kriya?&lt;br /&gt;
That is activity, it is restless, there is a movement, there is a transference of energy,&lt;br /&gt;
movement of the energy.&lt;br /&gt;
That is the nature of the, we know tamas, we know rajas.&lt;br /&gt;
And what is the nature of sattva?&lt;br /&gt;
What is sattva?&lt;br /&gt;
It is wonderful to know.&lt;br /&gt;
There is no need to define it any other way.&lt;br /&gt;
Simply say absence of tamas and rajas is called sattva.&lt;br /&gt;
Now I will give you an analogy again to make it.&lt;br /&gt;
I gave in my last class, what is, I told you about a dimmer switch, you know, we can have&lt;br /&gt;
dimmer switch, we have.&lt;br /&gt;
So there is a special switch made and the light, electricity is there, light is there.&lt;br /&gt;
So depending upon, you slide up or slide down or sometimes turn round, what happens or like&lt;br /&gt;
a volume control is, what happens when you turn it down, it becomes almost as though&lt;br /&gt;
there is no light.&lt;br /&gt;
When you turn out completely up, what happens?&lt;br /&gt;
As though it is full of light.&lt;br /&gt;
It is very important for us to understand this analogy.&lt;br /&gt;
Once we go over these introductions and background, then it will be easy for us to understand&lt;br /&gt;
further aphorisms.&lt;br /&gt;
Now this is the analogy, dimmer switch.&lt;br /&gt;
When the dimmer switch is slided to the lowest level, what do you call it?&lt;br /&gt;
This is the state of tamas.&lt;br /&gt;
And still it is not complete darkness because there is, even the most tamasic person, he&lt;br /&gt;
doesn&amp;#039;t want to say, but he knows.&lt;br /&gt;
What does he know?&lt;br /&gt;
I am dull.&lt;br /&gt;
What does he say?&lt;br /&gt;
I do not want to move.&lt;br /&gt;
Do you want to eat?&lt;br /&gt;
No, I don&amp;#039;t want to eat.&lt;br /&gt;
He knows.&lt;br /&gt;
Wonderful things are there.&lt;br /&gt;
Mom or wife or somebody prepared nice things, but he is in such a state of tamas, he says&lt;br /&gt;
I do not wish it now.&lt;br /&gt;
I want it, but not now.&lt;br /&gt;
What is the point I am trying to make?&lt;br /&gt;
He is aware, I am tamasic.&lt;br /&gt;
When you turn up the dimmer control, then what happens, gradually the light increases.&lt;br /&gt;
When it is middle point, then there is half light.&lt;br /&gt;
In half light, in this analogy, we get half knowledge and half ignorance.&lt;br /&gt;
That is called the state of rajas.&lt;br /&gt;
That means there is a mixed up understanding.&lt;br /&gt;
Something is understood, something is not understood properly.&lt;br /&gt;
Now you turn up to the highest possible, then that means there is no obstruction to the&lt;br /&gt;
light.&lt;br /&gt;
100% it is lighting up.&lt;br /&gt;
That is called the sattva state.&lt;br /&gt;
What happens when there is 100% light?&lt;br /&gt;
What is the function of light?&lt;br /&gt;
It gives us knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;
You can see things clearly.&lt;br /&gt;
So in rajasic state also, I know half and I do not know half.&lt;br /&gt;
That is why we say I am confused.&lt;br /&gt;
What is the point?&lt;br /&gt;
We won&amp;#039;t say I am rajasic.&lt;br /&gt;
We say I am active, I am restless, I know half and I do not know half.&lt;br /&gt;
And when we attain to that state or the mind attains to that state of highest sattva, then&lt;br /&gt;
what happens?&lt;br /&gt;
Full light is there.&lt;br /&gt;
Light means knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;
Knowledge means I know everything as it is.&lt;br /&gt;
Three states, tamas means it is dullness, rajas means half knowing, half not knowing,&lt;br /&gt;
mixture of knowing and not knowing, knowledge and ignorance, reality and unreality and sattva&lt;br /&gt;
means complete knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;
Behind these three, there is one factor.&lt;br /&gt;
What is that?&lt;br /&gt;
I do not know, I know a little, I know now, what is the second characteristic of the chitta&lt;br /&gt;
or mind?&lt;br /&gt;
It is jada or non-conscious.&lt;br /&gt;
Have you ever seen the table?&lt;br /&gt;
Imagine there is a beautiful table.&lt;br /&gt;
Does the table know that it is beautiful?&lt;br /&gt;
Does it know it is a table?&lt;br /&gt;
Does it know a made up of wood?&lt;br /&gt;
Who knows it?&lt;br /&gt;
Only there is someone who is conscious, he knows it.&lt;br /&gt;
Now, this is the analogy when our mind says I am in a tamasic state, I am in a rajasic&lt;br /&gt;
state, I am in a sattvic state, that I, it is telling, the chitta is telling, I am, I&lt;br /&gt;
am, that I am belongs to whom?&lt;br /&gt;
Does the mind know that it is tamasic or rajasic or sattvic?&lt;br /&gt;
It doesn&amp;#039;t know, because by nature it is non-conscious, jada.&lt;br /&gt;
So if it is able to say, that means it doesn&amp;#039;t have, but now it has.&lt;br /&gt;
What does that mean?&lt;br /&gt;
It borrowed itself from something else.&lt;br /&gt;
From whom can it borrow?&lt;br /&gt;
From whom can you borrow money?&lt;br /&gt;
From a person who has money.&lt;br /&gt;
From whom can you borrow knowledge?&lt;br /&gt;
From a person who has knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;
From whom can you borrow consciousness?&lt;br /&gt;
Only that being which is consciousness.&lt;br /&gt;
So this purusha or the soul or the atman is only completely consciousness, pure consciousness,&lt;br /&gt;
mind you.&lt;br /&gt;
So what is the nature of the purusha?&lt;br /&gt;
Consciousness.&lt;br /&gt;
What is the nature of the purusha?&lt;br /&gt;
It is neither in a state of tamas nor in a state of rajas nor in a state of sattva, it&lt;br /&gt;
is totally different.&lt;br /&gt;
But something mysterious happens, that&amp;#039;s why it is called maya.&lt;br /&gt;
What is that mysterious thing?&lt;br /&gt;
Somehow this non-conscious thing and this consciousness come into contact.&lt;br /&gt;
And when they come into contact, the consciousness behaves as though it is not conscious.&lt;br /&gt;
And the non-conscious thing behaves as though it is conscious something.&lt;br /&gt;
That is why the body says I am the body, the mind says I am the mind and the soul says&lt;br /&gt;
I am the body.&lt;br /&gt;
What is called comedy of errors or tragedy of errors, whatever you call it, this is the&lt;br /&gt;
confusion that comes and that confusion is called samsara or our present state of existence.&lt;br /&gt;
Now we have understood what is the mind consisting of?&lt;br /&gt;
Chitta is consisting of rajas, sattvamas, rajas and sattva.&lt;br /&gt;
And what is its nature?&lt;br /&gt;
It is not conscious, but it behaves as though it is conscious.&lt;br /&gt;
Even it doesn&amp;#039;t know it has undergone modification.&lt;br /&gt;
Like you watch the water, the water became wave, who is telling that the water has become&lt;br /&gt;
wave?&lt;br /&gt;
Does the water know that I am water?&lt;br /&gt;
Does the wave know I am the wave?&lt;br /&gt;
Who is you, the conscious being, are saying that, isn&amp;#039;t it?&lt;br /&gt;
So the body-mind is the modification of both body, mind, chitta, what we call.&lt;br /&gt;
The body also is, it is called gross mind.&lt;br /&gt;
Our physical body is called gross mind.&lt;br /&gt;
Our mind is called the subtle body.&lt;br /&gt;
So now we are quite clear what is consciousness, what is not consciousness.&lt;br /&gt;
So somehow this combination has come.&lt;br /&gt;
What is the result of this combination?&lt;br /&gt;
There are three results.&lt;br /&gt;
What is the result?&lt;br /&gt;
When this combination is combined with tamas aspect of the chitta, then unhappiness, sorrow,&lt;br /&gt;
misunderstanding, dullness, grief, suffering, ignorance.&lt;br /&gt;
In other words, ignorance means not only state of knowledge, also we have to understand the&lt;br /&gt;
effect of knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;
Now this is a point which we have to be very clear.&lt;br /&gt;
When we say I know, it means two things.&lt;br /&gt;
Not only I have knowledge, but I am also aware of the effect of the knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;
When I say I do not know, then I am not only aware of something, I am also undergoing experiencing&lt;br /&gt;
the effect of that knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;
Let me illustrate it.&lt;br /&gt;
Suppose you are sleeping and you are very fond of sweets.&lt;br /&gt;
Someone puts a sweet into your mouth when you are sleeping, a sweet, a nice sweet.&lt;br /&gt;
Would it give you happiness?&lt;br /&gt;
Why?&lt;br /&gt;
Because you are totally unaware.&lt;br /&gt;
If you are not aware, then only you will not experience.&lt;br /&gt;
The effect also you will not experience and the moment you experience something, the effect&lt;br /&gt;
also is experienced.&lt;br /&gt;
In fact, knowledge and effect always go together.&lt;br /&gt;
The moment you say this is a tiger, immediately the effect comes.&lt;br /&gt;
What is the effect?&lt;br /&gt;
The moment you say this is a very nice cinema, the effect will come.&lt;br /&gt;
Funnily, you know, half the disease is cured by seeing the doctor.&lt;br /&gt;
Half life goes away again by seeing the doctor only.&lt;br /&gt;
You see the doctor and what little 50% hope you have of getting cured, that also disappears.&lt;br /&gt;
That is why it is said knowledge is power.&lt;br /&gt;
Have you heard the word knowledge is power?&lt;br /&gt;
What is the power?&lt;br /&gt;
It is effect to bring the appropriate results.&lt;br /&gt;
Another example.&lt;br /&gt;
Somebody brings a nice sweet again but just imagine you like to eat good food and generally&lt;br /&gt;
you like sweets but certain type of sweet you don&amp;#039;t like, certain type of sweet you&lt;br /&gt;
like very much, one type of sweet you hate very much, another type of sweet you like&lt;br /&gt;
very much.&lt;br /&gt;
Now imagine that somebody who wants to make fun either April 1st or any time, he knows&lt;br /&gt;
what you like best and he will bring the best sweet that you like but he makes it appear&lt;br /&gt;
as a sweet which you hate and he gives it to you.&lt;br /&gt;
What is the first example I gave?&lt;br /&gt;
Even the best sweet put into your mouth while you are sleeping, it will have no effect.&lt;br /&gt;
Why is there no effect?&lt;br /&gt;
Because there is no knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;
Now you are awake and you have the knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;
What is this?&lt;br /&gt;
This person has brought me a sweet but you also know this is not the sweet I really like.&lt;br /&gt;
What would be its effect?&lt;br /&gt;
Equivalent.&lt;br /&gt;
Oh!&lt;br /&gt;
You have brought me.&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you very much.&lt;br /&gt;
You don&amp;#039;t say it would have been far better for you not to bring.&lt;br /&gt;
Is it not?&lt;br /&gt;
What is the illustration for?&lt;br /&gt;
Even though you have a knowledge, it is a wrong knowledge and wrong knowledge brings&lt;br /&gt;
a wrong effect.&lt;br /&gt;
See that is how we are all mistaken.&lt;br /&gt;
Why this particular example?&lt;br /&gt;
What was Swami, you see, when he looked at the audience, what was he looking at?&lt;br /&gt;
Imagine, Swami Vivekananda is sitting here and he is looking at you.&lt;br /&gt;
What is he looking at?&lt;br /&gt;
Children of immortal bliss.&lt;br /&gt;
He is not looking at anybody else.&lt;br /&gt;
Suddenly you have not been replaced by somebody.&lt;br /&gt;
So same object, whatever knowledge we have, appropriate result will come.&lt;br /&gt;
This is a wonderful point we have to keep in our mind.&lt;br /&gt;
So there is something called right knowledge, there is something called wrong knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;
Through the practice of yoga, when we attain to that state of Sattva, I mentioned.&lt;br /&gt;
What is the nature of Sattva?&lt;br /&gt;
Absence of Tamas and Rajas, it just shows a thing as it is, not as distorted.&lt;br /&gt;
Then we know.&lt;br /&gt;
Two things we know.&lt;br /&gt;
At that time we know two things.&lt;br /&gt;
You know what two things?&lt;br /&gt;
Here is a table and I am not the table.&lt;br /&gt;
Here is the table and I am not the table.&lt;br /&gt;
I am leading you example by example to the better understanding.&lt;br /&gt;
But when it comes, we know, this is my table, my watch, I am not.&lt;br /&gt;
But when it comes to this body and mind, what do we say?&lt;br /&gt;
We say we use both.&lt;br /&gt;
I and my synonymously we use and get confused, isn&amp;#039;t it?&lt;br /&gt;
It is my head, my hand, my stomach and at the same time we also say this is me.&lt;br /&gt;
But when we are in a state of Sattva, what happens?&lt;br /&gt;
That we know the body as body, the mind as mind.&lt;br /&gt;
At the same time, very clearly we also know this is not me.&lt;br /&gt;
I am this, this is a body.&lt;br /&gt;
That crystal clear distinction is what is called Yoga or Samadhi.&lt;br /&gt;
That is why once a person attains to the state of Samadhi or God knowledge or self-knowledge,&lt;br /&gt;
these are all synonymous words, he will never again mistake.&lt;br /&gt;
This is another point about knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;
Right knowledge can never be negated.&lt;br /&gt;
Wrong knowledge will always be negated.&lt;br /&gt;
Is that point clear?&lt;br /&gt;
If it is wrong knowledge, any number of wrong knowledges will be negated until it becomes&lt;br /&gt;
right knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;
When we are in a state of Sattva, we know.&lt;br /&gt;
Now to understand this even better, take Thakur&amp;#039;s example.&lt;br /&gt;
The example of a man walking in the forest and three robbers attack him.&lt;br /&gt;
Do you see what is the tendency of the Tamasic robber?&lt;br /&gt;
Kill him, destroy him because of ignorance.&lt;br /&gt;
What is the nature of the Rajasic?&lt;br /&gt;
Let us not destroy him but let us torture him.&lt;br /&gt;
It is much better, 50% good, 50% evil.&lt;br /&gt;
What is the nature of the Sattvika robber?&lt;br /&gt;
He comes back, takes him by the hand, leads him out of danger to his home.&lt;br /&gt;
Here home means God, this Samsara is the forest, these three Gunas, our mind is the three robbers&lt;br /&gt;
and Tamas destroys us, Rajas binds us and Sattva leads us to our home.&lt;br /&gt;
But see what is this?&lt;br /&gt;
It is such a wonderful parable.&lt;br /&gt;
So he takes him out of the forest and then says there is your home, go home.&lt;br /&gt;
But you did so much good to us, why don&amp;#039;t you come with me?&lt;br /&gt;
He says no, I am still a robber.&lt;br /&gt;
I do not belong to you, you do not belong to me.&lt;br /&gt;
So when we attain to that state of pure Sattva, that Sattvika aspect of the mind reveals the&lt;br /&gt;
truth to us.&lt;br /&gt;
What does it reveal?&lt;br /&gt;
I am the mind, you are the Purusha or Atman, I am not you, you are not me, bye.&lt;br /&gt;
But it is necessary, Sattva is necessary.&lt;br /&gt;
So how much meaning is there in every parable of Sri Ramakrishna?&lt;br /&gt;
So coming back, this mind is consisting of these Sattva, Rajas and Tamas and the three&lt;br /&gt;
conditions are how they manifest we discussed.&lt;br /&gt;
Now the next point we have to discuss is somehow this Self or Purusha or Atman and the mind&lt;br /&gt;
or Chitta somehow got mixed up together.&lt;br /&gt;
The Chitta thinks I am conscious and the Purusha thinks I am the body, I am the mind, I am&lt;br /&gt;
dull, I am active, now I am very happy, I am unhappy etc.&lt;br /&gt;
All these things are going on and as I mentioned what is the struggle we are going through?&lt;br /&gt;
We want unobstructed happiness.&lt;br /&gt;
What obstructs our happiness?&lt;br /&gt;
Rajas, Tamas, Rajas and even Sattva because even though Sattva takes us to the edge of&lt;br /&gt;
the forest, can you stay at the edge of the forest?&lt;br /&gt;
You will have to give it up and go to your home.&lt;br /&gt;
You can see your home, that is why this is also important to understand it beautifully.&lt;br /&gt;
All the Bhaktas, what do they want?&lt;br /&gt;
Savikalpa Samadhi.&lt;br /&gt;
What is Savikalpa Samadhi?&lt;br /&gt;
There is only one modification of the mind.&lt;br /&gt;
What is that modification?&lt;br /&gt;
I am the devotee, you are the deity, I am your devotee, you are my lord.&lt;br /&gt;
Sri Ramakrishna was in that state of Savikalpa whenever he was not in Nirvikalpa Samadhi.&lt;br /&gt;
But this Totapuri wanted Thakur to taste also Nirvikalpa Samadhi incidentally.&lt;br /&gt;
Do you think Sri Ramakrishna didn&amp;#039;t experience Nirvikalpa Samadhi before Totapuri came?&lt;br /&gt;
Did he or did he not?&lt;br /&gt;
Whatever his gurus taught later on, the whole thing he said I have undergone all these things&lt;br /&gt;
many times before.&lt;br /&gt;
But in a structured way, in a scriptural oriented way, first I reached mountaintop without any&lt;br /&gt;
GPS, afterwards I took the GPS and reached the same mountaintop.&lt;br /&gt;
Totapuri was thinking, my disciples will not be able to do this.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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