170. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 14, Verses 26-27 | Swami Sarvapriyananda
2/16/20261 hr 10 min
Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches verses 26-27 from the fourteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks by Swami Sarvapriyananda on the Bhagavad Gita, 'the Song of God,' unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta.
Chapter 14 is devoted to understanding the Gunatreya Vibhaga Yoga, or the three qualities/components (gunas) of Maya. Swami Sarvapriyananda explains that, other than the Atma, everything in nature is the play of the three gunas. This insight, and transcending the play of the three gunas, is the doorway to infinity.
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Chapter 14, verse 26
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Vasudeva sutam devam kamsa-canoora mardanam devaki-paramanandam krishnam vande jagadgurum. Good. And this bitter cold also. That reminds me, there was a program scheduled for tomorrow in the Hindu temple, Toronto. So just in case some were planning to go, just know that it's not there tomorrow. All right. Guṇa Traya Vibhāga Yoga, the yoga of the discernment of the three gunas. In this, uh, chapter, Krishna teaches Arjuna this wonderful science of the gunas. I was thinking this, this chapter, there are three wonderful points of inflection, or three highlights. The first is, of course, the description of the three gunas, the science of the gunas. That's the first amazing thing about this chapter. Sattva, rajas, and tamas. Everything in the universe, whatever we experience, whatever is going on in the world and in our bodies, in our minds, in our lives, everything, uh, g- is described as an activity of the three gunas. Everything can be quite well-described. In fact, it's such a wonderful science, it just very nicely describes especially ourselves.