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Bhagavad Gita
for Schools
Page 4
The Path of Knowledge
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Lead us from the Unreal to the
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Sri Krishna teaches that the
path of knowledge is difficult. It requires very sharp intellect and discerning
faculties. Through sheer force of reason it expects us to experience reality
as it is. In order to overcome our delusion about the nature of reality we
have to overcome desires that continue to blind us and bind us. We require
the tools of vivek (discrimination) and vairagya (dispassion)
to be able to distinguish between what is real or permanent and what is
unreal or impermanent. Sri Krishna teaches that we should develop an attitude
of detachment. We should not run after the objects of the senses. Let the
intellect control the mind in order to control the senses. Let the
discriminating faculty direct the mind and keep desires under control. This
is how to rise above our animal nature and discover our essential nature as
divine, as spirit. |
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