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Chapter 5 · Action in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness · 29 verses

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Liberation & destinyChapter 5 · Action in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness
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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 5.28

Liberation through spiritual discipline

स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवो: ।

प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ ॥ २७ ॥

यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायण: ।

विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो य: सदा मुक्त एव स: ॥ २८ ॥

sparśān kṛtvā bahir bāhyāṁś

cakṣuś caivāntare bhruvoḥ

prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā

nāsābhyantara-cāriṇau

yatendriya-mano-buddhir

munir mokṣa-parāyaṇaḥ

vigatecchā-bhaya-krodho

yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ

Translation

Shutting out all external sense objects, keeping the eyes and vision concentrated between the two eyebrows, suspending the inward and outward breaths within the nostrils, and thus controlling the mind, senses and intelligence, the transcendentalist aiming at liberation becomes free from desire, fear and anger. One who is always in this state is certainly liberated.

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Sense Control and Liberation

  1. 1By controlling the mind, senses and intelligence, one becomes free from desire, fear and anger. One always in this state is liberated.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the easiest way to practice yoga principles. Devotional service controls the senses better than aṣṭāṅga-yoga.
  3. 3Keep engaged in devotional service to Kṛṣṇa to keep your senses from being drawn elsewhere.

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Chapter 5, Action in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness: liberation through spiritual discipline.

What it teaches

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The soul's true destination is eternal.

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Key ideas in this verse

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Key ideas: mokṣa, dhāma.

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