[Advaita-l] Vedanta in Depression

[Ravisankar Mayavaram]

yoga sutras addresses this issue as well.  I think depression can be 
thought as a combination of *duḥkha and daurmanasya mentionted in 1.31. 
They can come along with the nine obstacles mentioned in 1.30. To 
overcome that solutions are listed in sutras 1.32-1.39. They can be 
applied at a practical level too for some everyday problems. Some simple 
steps such as not multi-tasking can greatly help. (It is interesting to 
note that yoga sutras refer to the opposite as saumanasya and is 
mentioned as one of the benefit of shaucha. *

*Probably the most important step is, surrendering to ***īśvara. Yoga 
sutras refer to as *****īśvara-praṇidhāna *(4 times in the text). It is 
an universal medicine (vishvAha bheShaji), medicine that works for all 
beings, at all places, at all times, and for all ailments; probably with 
no adverse effects. There is a Tamil work called abhirAmi antadi, it 
says those who worship ambaa ****will not get depressed (oru naaLum 
thaLarvaRiyA manam tharum). Even here, **yoga sutras outlines a method 
on how to approach this and practically implement it.

*If you have questions about these sutras, ping me by email, we can chat 
on whatsapp. *

*Ravi*

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> On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 10:30 AM Mahadevan Iyer via Advaita-l <
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>> Despite learning & rationalizing Vedanta for many years, at times when I
>> face the anxieties & shortcomings of Life, I forget all Vedantic knowledge
>> & get severely depressed. At times I even question Vedanta. Have anyone
>> faced something like this? Have anyone found perpetual peace?
>>
>> pranams,
>> Mahadevan
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