Gita 02.45 explained
Arjuna raises a question, saying, 'You are presenting all these teachings, but they are all derived from the Vedas. Even though you view them [...]
Gita 02.50 explained
Now in next verse 50th Krishna will give another definition of Yoga: BG 2.50 buddhi-yukto jahatiha ubhe sukrita-dushkrite tasmad yogaya yujyasva yogah karmasu kausalam [...]
Those who underestimate their mind undermine their intelligence
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An impurity censor makes no sense to those who don’t have even an impurity sensor
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When work doesn’t work, detachment works
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Opinions are like onions – know when they need to be sealed and when peeled
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We relapse not because we are witless or will-less, but because we are weapon-less
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Choose the good when it protects you from the bad, but not when it deprives you of the best
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More important than understanding what we observe is understanding what it is that observes
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Protect the fences that protect you – keep temptation at a healthy distance
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Even when we can’t avoid sensual perception, we can avoid sensual imagination
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Saying no to temptation doesn’t mean much if we don’t mean no
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Tolerance empowers us when we focus on our purposefulness, not on our powerlessness
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Tolerance empowers us when we focus on our purposefulness, not on our powerlessness
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Seek the association that warns us about our urges not warms us to our urges
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To understand one thing we sometimes need to revise how we understand everything
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Manage the garbage in your mind, and minimize the garbage to manage in your life
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What we feel doesn’t fell us, what we will does
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To keep small things small, keep big things big
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If we don’t give the devil his due, he will take more than his due
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Determination is distilled desire directed decisively
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