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A small remark, and the evening is gone. The Gita shows anger as the fourth step of a chain that starts with what the mind keeps dwelling on, and where that chain is easiest to stop.
Level: Simple English 6 min From Thought to Ruin
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Gita 2.62–63 walks from dwelling on an object through attachment, desire, anger, delusion, confused memory and lost intellect to ruin. Each step in plain words, with the neighbouring verses.
Level: In Depth English 12 min From Thought to Ruin
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Is Gita 2.62–63 a law of the mind or a warning? Three streams of commentary, six objections and the questions the verses raise, answered from the Gita and the tradition.
Level: Deeper English 17 min From Thought to Ruin
Quick summary
How does dwelling on a thing lead a person to ruin? The seven steps are in two verses of the Gita (2.62-63), and here also the place where the chain is most easily broken.
English 8 min From Thought to Ruin