समत्वम्- Equanimity In Bhagavad-Gita

The world is at unrest and unease. As we may observe to begin with, there is no peace, purity and balance in the world order. The struggle for dominance over another is more acutely manifested. There is new struggle to protect oneself from the insecurity from the other.

If we observe the life of animals, the carnivorous animals have only one job to do, is to find the food, but for herbivorous animals there are two jobs to do – protect oneself from the carnivorous animals and find one’s food. But when it comes to the human beings, there are three jobs to do. First is to protect oneself from others, find whatever is necessary for living or survive and the most important is to protect oneself from oneself. But to protect oneself from oneself is a really task in the life, because from the childhood we have hurt ourselves knowingly or unknowingly. So, it is very important to learn to be calm and composed to handle or face any situation without being affected by internal or external desired or undesired situations. For which we need to have equilibrium of the mind.

In this talk, Swamini Sadvidyananda ji will explore ‘Samatvam’- the Hindu unique concept of equilibrium as enunciated in Bhagavad Gita.

Speakers

Swamini Sadvidyananda Sarswati

Teacher of Advaita Vedanta

Swamini Sadvidyananda Sarswati is a disciple of Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati, a great exponent of Vedanta and Hindu scriptures. She is teaching Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads in Gujarati in different towns of Gujarat like, Navasari, Bardoli, Valsad, Bilimora, Vyara and Bhavnagar for the last 25 years. Under the banner of her Trust – Arsha Vidya Tirhta, Navsari she has translated and published more than 37 books of her Revered Guru Swami Dayananda Saraswatiji into Gujarati. And from 1998 to 2003 she also translated voluminous book of 2000 on Bhagavad Gita “Gita Home Study” into Gujarati for the benefit of those who can understand it better in one’s own mother-language. She has also attended and presented papers in various conferences such as National Education conferences in Pune and Gwalior, Sri Vidya International Conference, Mysore, Namami Shankar, (Bhashya-parayanam) Kanyakumari, Vedanta Conference, Rishikesh, etc.