Looking for happiness without peace? || Acharya Prashant, on Bhagvad Gita (2020)

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Looking for happiness without peace? || Acharya Prashant, on Bhagvad Gita (2020)

नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना ।

न चाभावयत: शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुत: सुखम् ।। 66 ।।

nāsti buddhir-ayuktasya na chāyuktasya bhāvanā

na chābhāvayataḥ śhāntir aśhāntasya kutaḥ Sukham

For the unsteady, there is no intellect (buddhi), and there is no contemplation (bhāvanā) for the unsteady man. And for an unmeditative man, there is no Peace. How can there be happiness for the one without Peace?

~ Shrimad Bhagwad Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 66

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Question: This verse relates buddhi with bhāvanā. What exactly is meant by bhāvanā here, and how does it lead to Peace? Also, in this verse Shri Krishna first talks of buddhi and bhāvanā, and then he mentions Peace or Śhānti, and ultimately he speaks of happiness. But in our daily activities we wish to achieve happiness directly. Is this verse indicating a major flaw in our view of the world?

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