Bhagavad GITA

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Bhagavad GITA

• Success Principles

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PLAN

• Verse
• Success principle
• Practical application

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Holistic Success Book

• Body health Bg 17.8 (food in goodness)
• Mind Bg 6.6 (greatest friend)
• Soul Bg 2.29 (soul amazing)
• Relationships Bg 5.7 (dear to everyone)

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BG

• Excuses
• 1.28-45 Arjunas reasons why not to fight
• Ready for success
• Bg 2.7 - Now I am confused about my duty and have
  lost all composure because of miserly weakness.
  In this condition I am asking You to tell me for
  certain what is best for me. Now I am Your
  disciple, and a soul surrendered unto You. Please
  instruct me.
• Overcoming lower self
• Bg 2.34 - People will always speak of your
  infamy, and for a respectable person, dishonor is
  worse than death.

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BG

• Self-perception
• Bg. 2.24 - This individual soul is unbreakable
  and insoluble, and can be neither burned nor
  dried. He is everlasting, present everywhere,
  unchangeable, immovable and eternally the same.
• Being Positive
• Bg. 2.40 - In this endeavor there is no loss or
  diminution, and a little advancement on this path
  can protect one from the most dangerous type of
  fear.

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BG

• Confidence
• One who takes shelter of the Supreme Lord has
  nothing to fear, even in the midst of the
  greatest calamity. Bg 1.19 P
• A strong faith that by Krsna consciousness one
  will be elevated to the highest perfection of
  life is called vyavasayatmika intelligence. Bg
  2.41 P
• Faith means unflinching trust in something
  sublime. Bg 2.41 P

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BG

• Problem-opportunity
• O Partha, happy are the ksatriyas to whom such
  fighting opportunities come unsought, opening for
  them the doors of the heavenly planets. Bg 2.32
• The servitor is always ready to render service to
  the Lord, and, similarly, the Lord is always
  seeking an opportunity to render some service to
  the devotee. Bg 1.21-22 P

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BG

• Potential
• Bg. 2.29 - Some look on the soul as amazing, some
  describe him as amazing, and some hear of him as
  amazing, while others, even after hearing about
  him, cannot understand him at all.
• Focus
• Bg. 2.41 - Those who are on this path are
  resolute in purpose, and their aim is one. O
  beloved child of the Kurus, the intelligence of
  those who are irresolute is many-branched.

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BG

• Self-interest
• Bg. 6.5 - One must deliver himself with the help
  of his mind, and not degrade himself. The mind is
  the friend of the conditioned soul, and his enemy
  as well.
• Bg. 6.6 - For him who has conquered the mind, the
  mind is the best of friends, but for one who has
  failed to do so, his mind will remain the
  greatest enemy.

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BG

• Raise your standards
• Bg 2.54-72 (transcendental consciousness)
• Bg 12.13-20 (become dear to Krsna)
• Bg 13.8-12 (act with knowledge)
• Bg 14.22-25 (transcend the modes)
• Bg 16.1-3 (develop divine qualities)

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BG

• Communication skills
• Bg 17.15 - Austerity of speech consists in
  speaking words that are truthful, pleasing,
  beneficial, and not agitating to others, and also
  in regularly reciting Vedic literature.
• Mental fitness
• Bg 17.16 - And satisfaction, simplicity, gravity,
  self-control and purification of one's existence
  are the austerities of the mind.

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BG - Goodness

• Knowledge
• Bg 18.20 - That knowledge by which one undivided
  spiritual nature is seen in all living entities,
  though they are divided into innumerable forms,
  you should understand to be in the mode of
  goodness.
• Action
• Bg 18.23 - That action which is regulated and
  which is performed without attachment, without
  love or hatred, and without desire for fruitive
  results is said to be in the mode of goodness.

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BG - Goodness

• Worker
• Bg 18.26 - One who performs his duty without
  association with the modes of material nature,
  without false ego, with great determination and
  enthusiasm, and without wavering in success or
  failure is said to be a worker in the mode of
  goodness.
• Understanding
• Bg 18.30 - O son of Prtha, that understanding by
  which one knows what ought to be done and what
  ought not to be done, what is to be feared and
  what is not to be feared, what is binding and
  what is liberating, is in the mode of goodness.

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BG - Goodness

• Determination
• Bg 18.33 - O son of Prtha, that determination
  which is unbreakable, which is sustained with
  steadfastness by yoga practice, and which thus
  controls the activities of the mind, life and
  senses is determination in the mode of goodness
• Hapiness
• Bg 18.37 - That which in the beginning may be
  just like poison but at the end is just like
  nectar and which awakens one to self-realization
  is said to be happiness in the mode of goodness.

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BG

• Qualities
• Bg 18.42 - Peacefulness, self-control, austerity,
  purity, tolerance, honesty, knowledge, wisdom and
  religiousness - these are the natural qualities
  by which the brahmanas work.
• Free will
• Bg 18.63 - Thus I have explained to you knowledge
  still more confidential. Deliberate on this
  fully, and then do what you wish to do.

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BG

• Contribution
• Bg 18.68 - For one who explains this supreme
  secret to the devotees, pure devotional service
  is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back
  to Me.
• The ultimate success
• Bg 18.69 - There is no servant in this world more
  dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one
  more dear.

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Promoting Action

• Written plan
• Clear results
• Motivation, inspiration
• Daily action
• Challenge excuses or results
• Reports, accountability
• Bg 18.23 - That action which is regulated and
  which is performed without attachment, without
  love or hatred, and without desire for fruitive
  results is said to be in the mode of goodness.

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GITA MODEL
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GITA Model

• Goals
• Instructions
• Tests
• Action

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Goals

• What do you want?
• Write it down
• Be specific
• Have a deadline
• If you do not know what you want even God cannot
  help you

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Instructions

• What BG instructions can help you achieve this
  goal?
• What BG instructions can help you pass the tests?
• Bg index, Vedabase
• Ask devotees
• Get ideas from other sources

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Tests

• Weakness of heart (hrdaya daurbalyam) Bg 2.3
• Lust, anger, greed Bg 16.21
• Laziness, procrastination Bg 18.28
• Fear Bg 5.27-28 P
• social, familial or religious considerations ...
  some other impediments. Bg 12.11 P
• objections from family members Bg 12.11 P
• undertake all kinds of risks Bg 3.29 P
• Why such risk? Because they wanted to spread
  Krsna consciousness Bg 11.55 P

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Action

• I am the ... ability in man. Bg 7.8
• Five factors of action (Supersoul) Bg 18.14
• Before one acts, there is some impetus, which is
  called inspiration. Bg 18.18 P
• The inspiration to work is the same if it comes
  from the scripture or from the instruction of the
  spiritual master. Bg 18.18 P
• One who performs his duty without association
  with the modes of material nature, without false
  ego, with great determination and enthusiasm, and
  without wavering in success or failure is said to
  be a worker in the mode of goodness. Bg 18.26

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FAULT

• Every endeavor is covered by some fault, just as
  fire is covered by smoke. Therefore one should
  not give up the work born of his nature, O son of
  Kunti, even if such work is full of fault. Bg
  18.48

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Resources

• Audio Video Slides Documents Articles
• vedicilluminations.com/gitacoaching
• gitacoaching.blogspot.com
• krishna.com/en/node/1951
• krishna.com/en/node/2347
• Personal Success Coaching
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