The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity 12-4: Swami Krishnananda.
=================================================================================================== Tuesday 11, November 2025, 07:00. Books: Bhagavad Gita The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity 12-4: Chapter 12: Control of the Senses: 4. Swami Krishnananda. ======================================================================================== These are explained in greater detail in the sutras of Patanjali. We have a potential condition; we have a tentatively thinned-out, weakened condition; we have a sleeping condition; and we have an obviously manifest condition. Four conditions of instincts are mentioned in Patanjali. So when instincts do not obviously and actively operate outside like a soldier fighting in the field, it need not mean they are not there. They can be sleeping. A sleeping snake is nevertheless a serpent. A potential thief is a thief, though he is not actually thieving at this moment. There can be an emaciated snake. An emaciated snake which has not eat...