There is a common tendency to blame the external world and circumstances for where we are in life. However, Shree Krishna emphatically states that our minds and thoughts alone control our destiny. Therefore, we should focus on elevating the mind instead of blaming the world.
We are responsible for our own elevation or debasement. Nobody can traverse the path of God-realization for us. Saints and Gurus show us the way, but we have to travel it ourselves. There is a saying in Hindi: “There are two birds sitting on a tree—one Guru and one disciple. The Guru will descend by his own works, and the disciple will also only be able to climb down by his own karmas.”
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0:17 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 Sloka 5 Chanting
0:39 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 Sloka 5 Translation
1:06 Bhagavad Gita BG 6.5 Commentary by Swami Mukundananda
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उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् |
आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मन: || 6.5||
uddhared atmanatmanam natmanam avasadayet
atmaiva hyatmano bandhur atmaiva ripur atmanah
BG 6.5: Elevate yourself through the power of your mind, and not degrade yourself, for the mind can be the friend and also the enemy of the self.
When we suffer reversals on the path of spiritual growth, we tend to complain that others have caused havoc to us, and they are our enemies. However, our biggest enemy is our own mind. It is the saboteur that thwarts our aspirations for perfection. Shree Krishna states that, on the one hand, as the greatest benefactor of the soul, the mind has the potential to give us the most benefit; on the other hand, as our greatest adversary, it also has the potential to cause the maximum harm. A controlled mind can accomplish many beneficial endeavors, whereas an uncontrolled mind can degrade the consciousness with the most ignoble thoughts.
To be able to use it as a friend, it is important to understand the mind’s nature. Our mind operates at four levels:
Mind: When it creates thoughts, we call it mana, or the mind.
Intellect: When it analyses and decides, we call it buddhi, or intellect.
Chitta: When it gets attached to an object or person, we call it chitta.
Ego: When it identifies with bodily identifications and becomes proud of things like wealth, status, beauty, and learning, we call it ahankār, or ego.
These are not four separate entities. They are simply four levels of functioning of the one mind. Hence, we may refer to them all together as the mind, or as the mind-intellect, or as the mind-intellect-ego, or as the mind-intellect-chitta-ego. They all refer to the same thing.
The use of the word ego here is different from its connotation in Freudian psychology. Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939), an Austrian neurologist, proposed the first theory of psychology regarding how the mind works. According to him, the ego is the “real self” that bridges the gap between our untamed desires (Id) and the value system that is learned during childhood (Superego).
Various scriptures describe the mind in one of these four ways to explain the concepts. They all refer to the same internal apparatus within us, which is called antaḥ karaṇ, or the mind. For example:
The Pañchadaśhī refers to all four together as the mind and states that it is the cause of material bondage.
In the Bhagavad Gita, Shree Krishna repeatedly discusses the mind and the intellect as two separate entities and emphasizes the need to surrender both to God.
The Yog Darśhan, while analyzing the different elements of nature, talks of three entities: mind, intellect, and ego.
Shankaracharya, while explaining the apparatus available to the soul, classifies the mind into four—mind, intellect, chitta, and ego.
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About Swami Mukundananda:
Swami Mukundananda is a global spiritual leader, philosopher, visionary, author, and humanitarian. He is the founder of JKYog (Jagadguru Kripaluji Yog), which offers Yoga for Body, Mind, and Soul. Swamiji has distinguished degrees from IIT and IIM. Swami Mukundananda took the renounced order of life after giving up his promising corporate career. He is a senior disciple of Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj, who entrusted him with spreading Vedic Knowledge and Bhakti Yog throughout the world. In this channel, Swamiji explains the profound knowledge of the Holy Bhagavad Gita lucidly and succinctly verse-by-verse. And he teaches us how to practically apply the wisdom bestowed by Lord Krishna in our daily lives to bring out the best version of ourselves and make our life successful.
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