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This video explores the Divine and Demonic qualities as described in Chapter 16 of the Bhagavad Gita, offering a guide for self-assessment and spiritual growth. It details the attributes that elevate the mind and lead towards God versus those that depress the mind and lead away from spiritual progress. The discussion emphasizes cultivating Divine qualities to enhance spiritual life and make better choices, contrasting them with Demonic qualities that bind one to meaningless pursuits.
- Divine qualities elevate the mind and lead towards God, fostering spiritual growth.
- Demonic qualities depress the mind, binding individuals to meaningless pursuits and hindering spiritual progress.
- Cultivating Divine attributes enhances awareness and facilitates better life choices.
The video introduces a study of the Divine and Demonic qualities as described in Chapter 16 of the Bhagavad Gita. It addresses the fundamental question of what attributes lead towards God and what attributes lead away, providing a framework for self-assessment. The goal is to understand which qualities elevate the human mind and which depress it, as both are detailed in the Bhagavad Gita.
Lord Krishna begins by describing the nature of divine attributes to Arjun, starting with fearlessness (abhayam). Other divine attributes include purity of heart and intellect (satwa samsuddhi), an inclination towards knowledge (nyana yoga), charitable nature (danam), self-control (dhamma), sacrifice (yagnya), love for studying scriptures (swadhyaya), and uprightness. These qualities collectively contribute to a balanced and harmonious system.
The discussion continues with more Divine attributes, emphasizing non-violence (ahimsa) which includes kindness and compassion. Commitment to truth in thought, word, and deed (satyam), absence of anger, freedom from slander, negativity, and critical attitudes are also highlighted. A non-covetous nature is identified as beneficial for spiritual practice (sadhana), along with gentleness, meekness, modesty (hrih), and calmness.
Further Divine attributes include controlled energy (Teja), which allows for significant accomplishments, and forgiveness (Shama), which involves holding no resentments. The importance of accepting others and maintaining a calm, composed mind under all circumstances is stressed. An all-powerful will (dhriti) committed to one's विवेक, purity in thought, word, and action (shoutam), absence of hate (adroho), and lack of ego or conceit (nathi Manita) are also essential Divine qualities.
The importance of self-assessment regarding Divine attributes is emphasized, noting that techniques exist to cultivate these qualities if lacking. Developing these attributes is crucial, especially if one's mind is naturally rajasik and tamasik, as it facilitates progress in spiritual life. The list of Divine attributes serves as a guide for personal development and spiritual advancement.
The discussion shifts to the qualities of the Demonic mind, which lead away from God. These include hypocrisy, arrogance, excessive ego, judging everything by personal pleasure, self-conceit, rudeness, and harshness. Such individuals are often ignorant by nature, and these qualities (asuri sampath) bind the soul, hindering spiritual progress.
Lord Krishna explains that Divine qualities lead to liberation and progress towards God, while Demonic qualities bind individuals to the material world and meaningless pursuits. Cultivating Divine qualities is essential for spiritual evolution, enhancing awareness and enabling better life choices. Disciplines and codes of conduct are designed to foster these Divine attributes, supporting a higher quality of life.
The video concludes by reiterating the importance of understanding the Divine (daivi) and Demonic (asuri) qualities described in the Bhagavad Gita. Consciously cultivating Divine qualities is crucial, as these will manifest in one's life, guiding individuals towards spiritual growth and a more meaningful existence.
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0:01 namaste today we are going to study about the Divine and demonic qualities described in the bhagavad-gita there's a whole chapter devoted to this chapter 16. which is Yoga it is the many times we have this question what is the nature of the Divine attributes what are the Demonic attributes what takes us towards God and what takes us away from God so these are beautifully described in the bhagavad-gita we can check our own natures and see what is it that elevates the human mind and what what is it that depresses the human mind both are described
0:46 so I would like to just go through those uh verses for to help us understand so that we can check our own nature and we already have discussed means to transform our nature so this entire knowledge is there in chapter 16. it uh begins like this when Lord Krishna is telling Arjun about the nature of divine attributes he begins like this abhayam which means fearlessness we already know that quality in us which
1:35 gives light that quality which gives balance and Harmony to our system is satwa and some shuddhi is purity of heart satwa samsuddhi's purity of heart and intellect nyana yoga a kind of inclination or being fond of knowledge and yog the practice of knowledge so a kind of inclination towards this this is a big sanskar all these are Divine attributes he says then danam a charitable nature dhamma which is uh self-control and yagnasa
2:21 yagnya is sacrifice sacrifice which means allow for sacrifice a love for self-control and swadhyaya is also included a love for studying the scriptures studying Noble great lives means uprightness straightforwardness so all these are classified under Divine attributes the list does not end here further Lord Krishna says so ahimsa is non-violence it's not just
3:07 about being non-violent it's about being kind at heart kind and compassionate so you will see this is very characteristic of a noble mind isn't it and you will see the opposite also to be true a very undeveloped mind will be very very toxic in nature so ahimsa is an important quality Divine quality satyam a commitment to truth in thought word indeed ham no anger which means a very calm Pleasant nature always foreign which means freedom from slander the nature of toxic people is to keep
3:52 putting down somebody it is to keep getting jealous of somebody so all this is absent in Devi sampath a freedom from slander freedom from negativity freedom from any kind of critical attitude that is absent and non-covetous nature he has lost the sense of you can say getting things only for himself that greed that utter outward moment of the senses he has lost that so this non-covetous nature it helps immensely in sadhana then gentleness a gentleman is always gentle
4:39 so the nature of the spiritual aspirant is gentleness meekness and ability to accommodate others and here chapalam free is a important dhatu it means actually means modesty you can see this clearly the satwik are always modest and the tamasik are always unmodest immodesty actually reduces it only shows that the mind is not ready for higher disciplines and a chapalam which means he is not Restless by Nature he's very calm and composed so all these are again included under the IV sampath there is another set of
5:26 qualities Teja is energy you know the Southwick person is full of enormous energy but under control with controlled energy output you can do marvelous things even in the physical world you can see because today we are more acquainted with uh say solar energy and nuclear energy and all other types of energy but not so acquainted with vital energy you can see in the physical world also energy if it is under control you can do enormous things with it they do very delicate eye surgery with lasers energy under control
6:13 so also in the sadhak Teja is like that it is the energy the effulgence born of great energy under control and Shama the the person with Divine attributes is always forgiving he holds no resentments and anger in his heart see this is an important attribute if you waste your energy in these negative things you will have no energy left to move forward in spiritual life sukh Sharma is a natural tendency he is always at the point of um you know completely accepting just anybody with the understanding that we don't know what that person has gone through we don't know why that person has gone into negativity shama is that attribute
6:58 which keeps you very calm and compost under all circumstances a forgiving mind a mind which accepts and includes everything includes your mind iskrama and dhriti means a all-powerful will he is absolutely committed to his Vivek and that is dhriti an all-powerful will shoutam by Nature he is pure in thought in word in action and adroho there is the absence of hate towards anybody anger and Hate he Lacks yet he is full of energy please see and then nathi Manita
7:48 he is not egoistic he lacks conceit he by Nature he is absolutely impersonal it actually means this is these are the Divine attributes which are born of the abhijata one who is born of uh you can say a great family background a great set of qualities one who's really blessed by birth will have these qualities foreign he is a person of these wonderful qualities which make it make yoga easy for him so you must check out on yourself what
8:33 are the Divine attributes available to The Human Experience if we lack something there is always a technique there is always a way of bringing this incorporating this into our lives but if these qualities are missing if the mind is by nature rajasik and tamasik then you must cultivate these qualities with effort so that's why this beautiful list has been given to us how much we can develop in this life accordingly we will go forward in the spiritual life the next set of qualities describe the Demonic mind what is the nature of that mind the mind that leads us away from God abhimana foreign
9:24 Dumbo is ostentation there's always show about the person arrogance too much ego he judges everything by the pleasure it gives him self-conceit always thinking of oneself so he is rude and harsh by Nature even his face will appear harsh there's no sound about him such a person is ignorant by nature and
10:10 his qualities are described as URI sampath which means the set of qualities which are demonic in nature they lead the soul away from God then Lord Krishna says foreign the set of divine qualities which we discussed will take you towards God it will liberate your mind and this asuri sampath will bind you to the world to Thomas to the nonsense of just racing after something which is meaningless it will take you backward in life
10:57 so that is why the need to develop the Devi sampath those Divine qualities which lift the soul to God which lift the mind to God consciously to cultivate them that is why you know your code of conduct was set in this culture and it is not an imposition on your freedom it is meant to evolve you towards the higher life because when you develop this dive sampad you understand the whole range of possibilities that are available to you when you see this the extent of your awareness you will make the right choices in life that is why these disciplines were considered always important your code of conduct was considered very very important
11:44 the way we behave and what qualities we manifest in life so this is a very important understanding from the bhagavad-gita the daivi and asuri sampad what we will cultivate what we will consciously grow that will manifest in our life Om Shanti Shanti Shanti
