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While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person develops attachment for them, and from such
attachment lust develops, and from lust anger arises.

krodhād bhavati sammohaḥ / sammohāt smṛti-vibhramaḥ
smṛti-bhraṁśād buddhi-nāśo / buddhi-nāśāt praṇaśyati

From anger, complete delusion arises, and from delusion bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered,
intelligence is lost, and when intelligence is lost one falls down again into the material pool.

Although spoken many millions of years ago, the truth of these two verses cannot be denied. Human beings are
prone to being enticed by material objects and attractive persons for sense gratification. Contemplating with
desire to enjoy an object or person will evolve into attachment by the natural process of thinking, feeling and
willing. One becomes convinced to possess and enjoy the object of interest. This mental preoccupation can
develop into lust or an obsession. If one’s obsessive desire is frustrated, then anger arises. With the increase of
frustration and anger, one becomes deluded. The deluded mind causes bewilderment of memory by which one
forgets or disregards following Lord Krishna’s instructions (scriptural wisdom). This disrupts the faculty of
discernment (intelligence) and leads to reckless, irresponsible or destructive acts which have serious
consequenses.

The above sequence happens everyday. By reading the daily news, one becomes aware of acts of rage
perpetrated all over the world due to the inability to control anger.

One of the main themes of the Bhagavad-gita is how one can control the mind from disturbance.
prajahāti yadā kāmān / sarvān pārtha mano-gatān
ātmany evātmanā tuṣṭaḥ / sthita-prajñas tadocyate

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O Pārtha, when a man gives up all varieties of desire for sense
gratification, which arise from mental concoction, and when his mind, thus purified, finds satisfaction in the self
alone, then he is said to be in pure transcendental consciousness. (Bg 2.55)
duḥkheṣv anudvigna-manāḥ / sukheṣu vigata-spṛhaḥ
vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhaḥ / sthita-dhīr munir ucyate

One who is not disturbed in mind even amidst the threefold miseries or elated when there is happiness, and who
is free from attachment, fear and anger, is called a sage of steady mind. (Bg 2.56)

We have only mentioned four verses that are relevant to the problems of society today as they have been for
millions of years. There are 700 verses in the Bhagavad-gita that instruct humanity how to become free from
the cycle of attachment, fear, anger, greed, illusion, envy, madness and ultimately death to attain immortality.
This is the real, ultimate goal of human life and it was explained millions of years ago by Lord Krishna perfectly.
Therefore, Bhagavad-gita has remained intact for millions of years because it is the unequivocal truth spoken
by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to his devotee Arjuna meant for the edification of all humanity.

Only a strict follower of Vedic wisdom, who has been trained in the knowledge of the Bhagavad-gita by a bona
fide spiritual master (guru) of the disciplic successioncoming originally from Lord Krishna, can develop the

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