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Arjuna wants to know from Lord Krishna the characteristics of a steadfast person. Hence he asks thus:
“Sthitapragnasya ka bhasa samadhisthasya Kesava, Sthitadhih kim prabhaseta kimasita vrajeta kim” (Bhagavad-Gita Chapter 2. Verse 54).
“Sthitapragnasya ka bhasa samadhisthasya Kesava, Sthitadhih kim prabhaseta kimasita vrajeta kim” (Bhagavad-Gita Chapter 2. Verse 54).
“O Kesava, What is the description of a person who has steadfast wisdom and who is merged in the super conscious state? How does he speak? How does he sit and how does he walk?”
Arjuna in a way helped the entire mankind by asking the Lord to explain the outer attributes of the person who is steadfast in nature. Lord Krishna explains to the entire world through Arjuna that it is not the outer attributes but to have steadfast wisdom is a virtue by itself. It is never like a fancy dress competition wherein a kid in the costume of a doctor even though acts so is a doctor or a person who has lost interest in his family and society wears saffron robes could have steadfast wisdom or become an Abbot. All those who have beard on the face and beads in the hand do not possess steadfast wisdom. It would be like a wolf in the sheep skin. The outer attributes does not matter and will never help.
Mind, Intellect, and Consciousness are termed pragna, sthita means stable. Sthitapragna is a person who has a stable mind with the help of intellect which is constantly showered light by the consciousness. It is immaterial if the person has faith in the Divinity or not, as long as he stays in the state of equilibrium even while facing the triumphs and turbulence of life he is an achiever. According to Lord Krishna a person of steadfast wisdom need not be a pious person engaged in rituals but he can be an atheist also. It is the state wherein the person does experience the events of life but remain unattached to it because his mental faculty is in equilibrium state always.
A person who is in the state of equilibrium is a universal soul and knower of self. To him everything is the same he neither judges nor overlooks nor has a rational thinking nor condemns or appreciates the inferior or superior values of life but aims at the fulfillment of superior values, just as adulthood does not deny childhood but completes it. He neither lives in conflicts of extremes nor is skeptical. He is beyond blame and praise, success and failure, dignity and lowliness, rich and poverty, birth and death, pain and pleasure, sufferings and happiness.
Lord Krishna explains Arjuna how one can be a sthitapragna. He says:
“Prajahati yada Kaman, sarvan partha manogatan, Atmanevatmana tustah sthitaprajnas tadocyate.” (Bhagavad-Gita Chapter 2. Verse 55).
Arjuna in a way helped the entire mankind by asking the Lord to explain the outer attributes of the person who is steadfast in nature. Lord Krishna explains to the entire world through Arjuna that it is not the outer attributes but to have steadfast wisdom is a virtue by itself. It is never like a fancy dress competition wherein a kid in the costume of a doctor even though acts so is a doctor or a person who has lost interest in his family and society wears saffron robes could have steadfast wisdom or become an Abbot. All those who have beard on the face and beads in the hand do not possess steadfast wisdom. It would be like a wolf in the sheep skin. The outer attributes does not matter and will never help.
Mind, Intellect, and Consciousness are termed pragna, sthita means stable. Sthitapragna is a person who has a stable mind with the help of intellect which is constantly showered light by the consciousness. It is immaterial if the person has faith in the Divinity or not, as long as he stays in the state of equilibrium even while facing the triumphs and turbulence of life he is an achiever. According to Lord Krishna a person of steadfast wisdom need not be a pious person engaged in rituals but he can be an atheist also. It is the state wherein the person does experience the events of life but remain unattached to it because his mental faculty is in equilibrium state always.
A person who is in the state of equilibrium is a universal soul and knower of self. To him everything is the same he neither judges nor overlooks nor has a rational thinking nor condemns or appreciates the inferior or superior values of life but aims at the fulfillment of superior values, just as adulthood does not deny childhood but completes it. He neither lives in conflicts of extremes nor is skeptical. He is beyond blame and praise, success and failure, dignity and lowliness, rich and poverty, birth and death, pain and pleasure, sufferings and happiness.
Lord Krishna explains Arjuna how one can be a sthitapragna. He says:
“Prajahati yada Kaman, sarvan partha manogatan, Atmanevatmana tustah sthitaprajnas tadocyate.” (Bhagavad-Gita Chapter 2. Verse 55).
“When a seeker, divests all the unwanted desires he has in his mind, and if his lower self is satisfied in his Higher Self, then he is automatically a sthitapragna, one of steadfast.”
A person, who has a mind that is not agitated in the midst of calamities nor has any longing for pleasures, and from whom the feelings of attachment, fear, and anger have departed, is a sage of steadfast wisdom. His mind is steady and does not modify with the thoughts of ecstasy or disgust which he might encounter in the various agreeable or disagreeable events that takes place in this society. The one who is steadfast is aware of his roots, just as a tall tree is said to have deep roots, he is rooted within himself. He knows himself and so knows the universe around him.
Even if he owns something technically, he is aware that he cannot possess them. Even if he is carrying some physical baggage or luggage, he travels light for he is just using all that is available, gratefully, with reverence for life which comes from knowing that in death which is his shadow he will definitely merge with the source…….. Right?????
A person, who has a mind that is not agitated in the midst of calamities nor has any longing for pleasures, and from whom the feelings of attachment, fear, and anger have departed, is a sage of steadfast wisdom. His mind is steady and does not modify with the thoughts of ecstasy or disgust which he might encounter in the various agreeable or disagreeable events that takes place in this society. The one who is steadfast is aware of his roots, just as a tall tree is said to have deep roots, he is rooted within himself. He knows himself and so knows the universe around him.
Even if he owns something technically, he is aware that he cannot possess them. Even if he is carrying some physical baggage or luggage, he travels light for he is just using all that is available, gratefully, with reverence for life which comes from knowing that in death which is his shadow he will definitely merge with the source…….. Right?????
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