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  When our brain creates thoughts.. we call it Mann (or Mind). When our brain analyzes and decide something.. we call it Buddhi ( or Intellect). When the same thought gets attached.. to an object or person (My thought, my feeling).. we call it Chitta (or Psyche). When our brain gives an upper hand to bodily identifications.. and becomes proud of things or manifest statements like  "How dare he speaks to me like this?" "How can she say this to me?" "Why should I do anything here if no one notices my work?" .. We call it Ahankār (or Ego) So, when you pause and look at it -> These are not four separate entities.. They are simply four levels of functioning of the one mind. -Read India Lead India

  काङ् क्षन्त: कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवता: | क्षिप्रं हि मानुषे लोके सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा || 12|| kāṅkṣhantaḥ karmaṇāṁ siddhiṁ yajanta iha devatāḥ kṣhipraṁ hi mānuṣhe loke siddhir bhavati karmajā   Just completed the beginning of Gita Chapter 4 and found a small verse explaining how we choose who we are..  Just like in a game cricket..  Someone has to be take up one role of batsman and  someone has to be a bowler..  Not everyone can just be a batsman. That's the only way the society can function. We pick our role based on the quality of our minds. The texture of your mind gives color to your personality..  Making us inclined towards one field more than others. There are four types of people based on the mental makeup..  The combination and permutation of Satva, rajas and Tamas make up 4 type of people.. Scholarly ...

न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसङ्गिनाम् | जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान्युक्त: समाचरन् || 26|| na buddhi-bhedaṁ janayed ajñānāṁ karma-saṅginām joṣhayet sarva-karmāṇi vidvān yuktaḥ samācharan Almost closing in to the middle of chapter 3 of Gita, and I found some interesting definition of ego. How does your actions define what you get? Here's a cool and simple way to understand it..   Think of this like - We are all born with a Starbucks cup with our name on it. Everyone's got one, full of water. Our early years, all we think of is us. "what i do, what i got, who i am." That's our EGO. That's the salt in our cup. At the end, your water will be tested - "how salty is it.?" If you only recognize yourself with you, that's all you will be, just a very salty cup of water.  Now you can either dilute it with your family, by standing up for them. Or you...

  न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते | न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति || 4|| na karmaṇām anārambhān naiṣhkarmyaṁ puruṣho ’śhnute na cha sannyasanād eva siddhiṁ samadhigachchhati Just finished the Chapter 3 part 2 of Gita and landed upon this gem.. We are all aware of the story of Govardhan Parvat, how Krishn sent out a message that we should not thank some supreme force. Instead we should thank and honor everyone around us who are helping us, which enraged Indr and to punish them, he sends terrible rain clouds to flood the land of Vrindavan. To protect villagers from this calamity, Krishn lifts Mount Govardhan on his little finger and had the entire village come under the hill to take shelter from the storm. For seven days and seven nights, he held up Mount Govardhan, providing a giant umbrella to shelter the inhabitants of Vrindavan f...

श्रीभगवानुवाच | लोकेऽस्मिन्द्विविधा निष्ठा पुरा प्रोक्ता मयानघ | ज्ञानयोगेन साङ्ख्यानां कर्मयोगेन योगिनाम् || 3|| śhrī bhagavān uvācha loke ’smin dvi-vidhā niṣhṭhā purā proktā mayānagha jñāna-yogena sāṅkhyānāṁ karma-yogena yoginām   Just finished the Chapter 3 part 1 of Gita and found some interesting ideas..  When Arjun asks "Tell me one thing that will be the best for me?" This is the answer he gets.. Right from the beginning of the world, there are always at-least 2 paths available to do something:              - Knowledge | for contemplative type people             - Action | Karma | for action oriented people Either you have to work through the way to your goal or you realize how to get it done quicker.   Example - If you want t...