A manual for controlling the mind and the senses (chapter 3 verses 5 to 7)

 

This class covers:

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•William Wordsworth's explanation for why one cannot go for a second without acting. 

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•An introduction to the threefold modes of nature (goodness, passion and dullness). Ramakrishnaji's famous example of the prince and three thieves. 

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•How the industrial revolution led to instability and worries piling up in people's minds. 

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•Why suppression is a mistake: a study of Freud, Schweitzer and Marx. The example of a padlocked house burning. 

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•What are the reasons for hypocricy? The fundamental differences between hypocrites and principled people. 

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•How to end hypocricy and how to make the mind and the body steady: an explanation of the schools of Hatha Yoga and Raja Yoga. 

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•How negativism does not work with the mind. Kuwe's law of reverse effect in the field of psychology. The example of a cyclist and a rock. 

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•How to control the senses with the mind. The famous example in the Katho Upanishad of the senses as horses and the mind as a charioteer. 

 

Chapter 3 verse 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-2_1VMvrMI

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Chapter 3 verse 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTsOhswCjUw

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Chapter 3 verse 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_ZluIsYayc

 

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