Class summary for Oct 7, 2025 - BG Chapter-6, Slokas: 26 - 30
Summarized by: Yamini Samatvam means treating happiness and sorrows or any dualities the same way. By default we all want to be happy, but we acquire all the desires and lock ourselves in the gift of sorrows and throw away the keys. Mahatmas are a good example of samatva at how they treat pain and sorrow the same. Most of them like Ramana Maharshi or Chinmayananda have suffered physical ailments, but never let the pain effect their happiness. We have a huge mountain of prarabda karma given to us at birth, which we have to exhaust in this lifetime. Although we exhaust some of it we accumulate more in terms of sanchita karma. Lord Krishna says, when you surrender to me fully, I will clear out all the accumulated Karmas. Prarabdha karma is what we are born with and our body has to go through the effects of it and sanchita karma effects the soul. Prarabdha karma is like an arrow that was released before you were born. No matter how enlightened our soul is, we still have to go through ...