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Anxiety

2 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on anxiety. Explore teachings across 1 chapter.

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Chapter 16 • Verse 11 →The Yoga of the Divine and Demoniac Natures
Cintam aparimeyam ca pralayantam upashritah, kamopabhoga-paramah etavad iti nishcitah

They believe that to gratify the senses is the prime necessity of human civilization. Thus until the end of life, their anxiety is immeasurable. Bound by a network of thousands of desires and absorbed in lust and anger, they secure money by illegal means for sense gratification.

  • •The demoniac are convinced that sense gratification is the highest goal of life
  • •This conviction produces endless anxiety and insatiable craving
  • •Wealth obtained by any means — including illegal — is sought only for sense enjoyment
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Chapter 16 • Verse 16 →The Yoga of the Divine and Demoniac Natures
Aneka-citta-vibhranta moha-jala-samavrtah, prasaktah kama-bhogeshu patanti narake 'shucau

Bewildered by multiple anxieties and entangled in a web of delusions, the demoniac are too deeply attached to sense pleasures and fall into a foul hell. The accumulation of delusions, anxieties, and attachments ultimately leads the demoniac downward into hellish conditions — both in this life and beyond.

  • •Multiple anxieties and a web of delusions are the inevitable fruit of the demoniac path
  • •Attachment to sense pleasure is the gravitational force that pulls consciousness downward
  • •The demoniac trajectory leads inevitably to degraded states of existence
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