How to Overcome the Ego (The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita Explained by Paramhansa Yogananda)

Описание: Swami Kriyananda reads the second stanza (sloka) of the Bhagavad Gita and discusses the power of habits. Habits of course, can be constructive or negative but all too often habits are destructive forces that bind us to detrimental behaviors. Kriyananda shares a few stories that demonstrate how bad habits can be overcome through the power of strong affirmation and by supplanting bad habits with good ones.
Kriyananda also clarifies the enduring struggle to overcome the ego and explains that self-forgetting not deprecation is the essence of humility. He explains that in recognizing the insignificance of the ego compared to the power and bliss of the divine, we can transcend the ego, the little self. Kriyananda reminds us that God is the Doer (we are His instruments) and advises us to think of others, help others, and through that selflessness, we will feel the deepest satisfaction. Kriyananda explains that we will have to move beyond habit bound behaviors and the limitations of the ego to reach our full potential because the ultimaaspiration is to merge with the Divine and become One with it.

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The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita Explained by Paramhansa Yogananda as remembered by his disciple, Swami Kriyananda. This book shares the profound insights of Paramhansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi, as remembered by one of his few remaining direct disciples, Swami Kriyananda.

Swami Kriyananda worked with Paramhansa Yogananda in 1950 while the Master completed his commentary of the Bhagavad Gita. At that time Yogananda commissioned him to disseminate his teachings world-wide. Kriyananda has in his lifetime lectured, taught, and written over one hundred books based on Yogananda's teachings.

The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita is available from Crystal Clarity Publishers.

ABOUT SWAMI KRIYANANDA
In 1948 at the age of twenty-two, Swami Kriyananda (J. Donald Walters) became a disciple of the Indian yoga master, Paramhansa Yogananda. At Yogananda’s request, Swami Kriyananda devoted his life to lecturing and writing, helping others to experience the living presence of God within. He taught on four continents in seven languages over the course of 65 years.

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