Srimathe Rangaramanuja Mahadesikaya Namaha
Srimathe Sri Varaha Mahadesikaya Namaha
Sri Velukkudi Krishnan Swamy Thiruvadigaley Sharanam
Swamy,
What will give peace of mind?
Dasanudasan
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Some references from the Bhagavad Gita
Chapter 2, Verse 70
A person who is not disturbed by the incessant flow of desires—that enter like rivers into the ocean which is ever being filled but is always still—can alone achieve peace, and not the man who strives to satisfy such desires.
Chapter 2, Verse 71
A person who has given up all desires for sense gratification, who lives free from desires, who has given up all sense of proprietorship and is devoid of false ego—he alone can attain real peace.
Chapter 5, Verse 29
The sages, knowing Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attain peace from the pangs of material miseries.
Ambarish Maharaja sets the ideal example of how the senses and mind are to be engaged for the purpose they are given to us:
sa vai manah krsna-padaaravindayor / vacaamsi vaikuntha-gunaanuvarnane
karau harer mandira-maarjanaadishu / shrutim cakaaraacyuta-sat-kathodaye
mukunda-lingaalaya-darshane drshau / tad-bhrtya-gaatra-sparshe ‘nga-sangamam
ghraanam ca tat-paada-saroja-saurabhe / shrimat-tulasyaa rasanaam tad-arpite
paadau hareh kshetra-padaanusarpane / shiro hrshikesha-padaabhivandane
kaamam ca daasye na tu kaama-kaamyayaa / yathottamashloka-janaashrayaa ratih
“Maharaja Ambarisha always engaged his mind in meditating upon the lotus feet of Krishna, his words in describing the glories of the Lord, his hands in cleansing the Lord’s temple, and his ears in hearing the words spoken by Krishna or about Krishna. He engaged his eyes in seeing the Deity of Krishna, Krishna’s temples and Krishna’s places like Mathura and Vrndavana, he engaged his sense of touch in touching the bodies of the Lord’s devotees, he engaged his sense of smell in smelling the fragrance of tulasi offered to the Lord, and he engaged his tongue in tasting the Lord’s prasada. He engaged his legs in walking to the holy places and temples of the Lord, his head in bowing down before the Lord, and all his desires in serving the Lord, twenty-four hours a day. Indeed, Maharaja Ambarisha never desired anything for his own sense gratification. He engaged all his senses in devotional service, in various engagements related to the Lord. This is the way to increase attachment for the Lord and be completely free from all material desires.“
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