Bhagavad Gita - Class 062 - Chapter 02 Slokas 14-15 - Acceptance, Endurance, Patience & their benefit - Class taken on 03 Sep 2023

Sloka 14 (Contd..) - Endurance & Patience are to be cultivated What is the cause for sorrow? Is the situation giving us trouble or sorrow? Is pain and sorrow only for some people? Are there people who do not face failure? How did Bhagavan Rama react when he was coronated? How did Bhagavan Rama react when he was asked to go to forest? How do we need to react when we face success / failure / joy / sorrow? What is the virtue that we should develop to get Moksha? What happens if one does not have tolerance or patience? What happens when sense organs come in contact with sense objects? Can we avoid the interaction between sense organs and sense objects? What are the 3 different levels of pairs of opposites that we experience? Does these pairs of opposites give us the same experience at all times? Does air-conditioner give us pleasure at all times? Do these experiences stay forever? What does Bhagavan want to convey in this sloka? Do painful / sad situations last forever? Do joyful situations / enjoyment last forever? What should be our attitude when they arrive and when they depart? What is the advantage if we understand this well? Why do we get fear? What does Bhagavan ask us to when we experience the pairs of opposites? And how should we endure them? If we grumble / complain / criticize when we endure them, is it called Titiksha? What kind of sense objects are capable of giving us the experiences? Is acceptance easy to achieve? Is acceptance a mental function or an intellect function? What are the supporting arguments that Bhagavan gives us for us to accept? What should be our approach towards situations that give us sorrow / pain? What does Bhagavan want to convey to Arjuna through this sloka? Sloka 15 - Benefit of Endurance & Patience What is the benefit of being patient? What does one gain when a sadaka develops an attitude of acceptance? What is mental endurance? How can we develop titiksha? What happens if we react immediately? Where does it lead to if we react immediately? What happens to a person who is not disturbed by sense objects? How is a person be able to remain equanimous in pain & pleasure? Can we remain equinamous if the feeling enters the mind? Where should we put the gate? What does Bhagavan call the person who is able to remain equanimous? What does he qualify for if he is able to remain equanimous? How is anger within different levels of people? To whom does anger stay only for a moment? To whom does anger stay for 1.5 hrs? To whom does anger stay for an entire day and night? To whom does anger stay lifelong? Does Titiskha mean total freedom from reaction? Why is Tititksha important for vedantic study?