MIND TO GOD , HANDS TO WORK

***(BHAGVADA GITA CHAPTER -8 , VERSE-7)



Tasmaat sarveshu kaaleshu maamanusmara yudhya cha;
Mayyarpitamanobuddhir maamevaishyasyasamshayam


Therefore, at all times remember Me only and fight. With mind and intellect fixed (or
absorbed) in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.

### SYNONYMS-
tasmät—therefore; sarveñu—at all; käleñu—times; mäm—Me; anusmara—go
on remembering; yudhya—fight; ca—also; mayi—unto Me;
arpita—surrendering; manaù—mind; buddhiù—intellect; mäm—unto Me;
eva—surely; eñyasi—you will attain; asaàçayaù—beyond a doubt.


PURPORT-
This instruction to Arjuna is very important for all men engaged in
material activities. The Lord does not say that one should give up his
prescribed duties or engagements. One can continue them and at the same
time think of KRISHNA by chanting Hare KRISHNA This will free one from material
contamination and engage the mind and intelligence in KRISHNA. By chanting
Krishna’s names, one will be transferred to the supreme planet, Krishloka,
without a doubt.

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA SECRET OF EXPOUNDING PHILOSOPHY & MENTAL POWERS.

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1.  His childhood friend: Whatever you may say, I cannot bring myself to believe in these 
words. Who can come by that oratorical power of expounding philosophy which you 
have? Swamiji: You don’t know! That power may come to all. That power comes to 
him who observes unbroken Brahmacharya for a period of twelve years, with the 
sole object of realising God I have practiced that kind of Brahmacharya myself, and 
so a screen has been removed, as it were, from my brain. For that reason, I need not 
any more think over or prepare myself for any lectures on such a subtle subject as 
philosophy. Suppose I have to lecture tomorrow; all that I shall speak about will 
pass tonight before my eyes like so many pictures; and the next day I put into words 
during my lecture all those things that I saw. So you will understand now that it is 
not any power which is exclusively my own. Whoever will practice unbroken 
Brahmacharya for twelve years will surely have it. If you do so, you too will get it. 
Our Shâstras do not say that only such and such a person will get it and not others!
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2.  Swami Vivekananda attributed his phenomenal mental powers to a lifelong 
observance of brahmacharya.A few days ago, a new set of the Encyclopedia Britannica 
had been bought for the Math. Seeing the new shining volumes, the disciple said to 
Swamiji, ―It is almost impossible to read all these books in a single lifetime.‖ He was 
unaware that Swamiji had already finished ten volumes and had begun the 
eleventh.Swamiji: What do you say? Ask me anything you like from these ten volumes, 
and I will answer you all.The disciple asked in wonder, ―Have you read all these books?‖ 
Swamiji: Why should I ask you to question me otherwise?Being examined, Swamiji not 
only reproduced the sense, but at places the very language of the difficult topics selected 
from each volume. The disciple, astonished, put aside the books, saying, ―This is not 
within human power!‖Swamiji: Do you see, simply by the observance of strict 
Brahmacharya (continence) all learning can be mastered in a very short time — one 
has an unfailing memory of what one hears or knows but once. It is owing to this 
want of continence that everything is on the brink of ruin in our country. 

secret of swami vivekananda speech -" sisters & brothers of America"....

From Mrs. George Roorbach’s reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda at Camp Taylor, 
California, in May 1900:―
**** In my first speech in this country, in Chicago, I addressed that 
audience as ‗Sisters and Brothers of America‘, and you know that they all rose to their 
feet. You may wonder what made them do this, you may wonder if I had some 
strange power. Let me tell you that I did have a power and this is it — never once in 
my life did I allow myself to have even one sexual thought. I trained my mind, my thinking, and the powers that man usually uses along that line I put into a higher 
channel, and it developed a force so strong that nothing could resist it.

IDEAL FOR HINDU BOYS ACCORDING TO SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Let Mahavira be the ideal-

You have now to make the character of Mahavira
your ideal. See how at the command of
Ramachandra he crossed the ocean. He had no care
for life or death! He was a perfect master of his
senses and wonderfully sagacious. You have now to
build your life on this great ideal of personal service.

Through that, all the other ideals will gradually
manifest in life. Obedience to the Guru  without
questioning, and strict obedience of Brahmacharya  –
this is the secret of success. As on the one hand
Hanuman represents the ideal of service, so on the
other he represents the leonine courage, striking the
whole world with awe. He has not the least
hesitation in sacrificing his life for the good of
Rama. A supreme indifference to everything except
the service of Rama, even to the attainment of the
status of Brahman or Shiva, the great World-Gods!
Only the carrying out of Shri Rama‘s behest is the
one vow of his life! Such whole-hearted devotion is
wanted.

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA TELLS YOU -HOW TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE

Be like the pearl oyster-
****Be like the pearl oyster. There is a pretty Indian 
fable to  the effect that if it rains when the star  Svâti 
is in the ascendant, and a drop of rain falls into an 
oyster, that drop becomes a pearl. The  oysters know 
this, so they come to the surface when that star 
shines, and wait to catch the  precious raindrop. 
When a drop falls into them, quickly the oysters 
close their shells and dive  down to the bottom of the 
sea, there to patiently develop the drop into the 
pearl.
We should be  like that. First hear, then understand, 
and then, leaving all distractions, shut your minds to
outside influences, and devote yourselves to 
developing the truth within you. There is the  danger 
of frittering away your energies by taking up an idea 
only for its novelty, and then  giving it up for another 
that is newer. Take one thing up and d o it, and see 
the end of it, and  before you have seen the end, do 
not give it up. He who can become mad with an idea, he  alone sees light. Those that only take a 
nibble here and a nibble there will never attain
anything. They may titillate their nerves for  a 
moment, but there it will end. 
….Take up  one idea. Make that one idea your life  -think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the
brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be 
full of that idea, and just leave every other   idea 
alone. This is the way to success, and this is the way 
great spiritual giants are produced.  Others are mere 
talking machines.
…To succeed, you must have tremendous 
perseverance, tremendous will. "I will drink the 
ocean," says the persevering soul, "at my  Will 
Mountains  will crumble up." Have that sort of 
energy, that sort of will, work hard, and you will 
reach the goal.

What is Pranayama

Tasmin sati svasaprasvasayor-gativicchedah pranayamah—“Regulation of breath or the
control of Prana is the stoppage of inhalation and exhalation, which follows after securing that
steadiness of posture or seat.”
This is the definition of Pranayama in the Yoga-sutras of Patanjali.
‘Svasa’ means inspiratory breath. ‘Prasvasa’ means expiratory breath. You can take up the
practice of Pranayama after you have gained steadiness in your Asana (seat). If you can sit for 3
hour in one Asana, continuously at one stretch, you have gained mastery over the Asana. If you are
able to sit from half to one hour even, you can take up the practice of Pranayama. You can hardly
make any spiritual progress without the practice of Pranayama.
Prana is Vyashti, when the individual is concerned. The sum total of the cosmic energy or
cosmic Prana is Hiranyagarbha who is known as the floating ‘Golden-Egg’. Hiranyagarbha is
Samashti Prana. One match stick is Vyashti (single). The whole match box is Samashti. A single
mango-tree is Vyashti. The whole mango grove is Samashti. The energy in the body is Prana. By
controlling the motion of the lungs or respiratory organs, we can control the Prana that is vibrating

inside. By control of Prana, the mind can be easily controlled, because the mind is fastened to the
Prana, like the bird to the string. Just as the bird that is tied to a post by a string, after flying here and
there, finds its resting place in the post, so also this mind-bird after running hither and thither, in
various sensual objects, finds its resting place during deep sleep in the Prana.

Pranayama (According to the Gita)
Apane juhvati pranam pranepanam tathapare; Pranapanagatee ruddhva
pranayamaparayanah(Gita, Ch. IV-29.). Others offer Prana (outgoing breath) in Apana (incoming
breath) and Apana in Prana, restraining the passage of Prana and Apana, absorbed in Pranayama.
Pranayama is a precious Yajna (sacrifice). Some practise the kind of Pranayama called Puraka
(filling in). Some practise the kind of Pranayama called Rechaka (emptying). Some are engaged in
the practice of Pranayama called Kumbhaka, by impeding the outward passage of air, through the
nostrils and the mouth, and by impeding the inward passage of the air, in the opposite direction.
Pranayama (According To Sri Sankaracharya)
“Pranayama is the control of all life-forces by realising naught but Brahman in all things as
the mind, etc.
“The negation of the Universe is the outgoing breath. The thought: ‘I am Brahman’ itself is
called the incoming breath.
The permanence of that thought thereafter is the restrained breath. This is the Pranayama of
the wise, while the pressing of the nose is only for the unknowing.” (Aparokshanubhuti, 118-120).
## FROM BOOK PRACTICE OF PRANAYAMA BY SWAMI SIVANAND JI MAHARAJ

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