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Bhagavad Gita Quote 7 Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 2 Lord Krishna’s Guidance to Arjuna Verse 56 He whose mind is not shaken by adversity, who does not hanker after pleasures, and who is free from attachment, fear and anger, is called a sage of steady wisdom.
Bhagavad Gita Quote 6 Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 2 Lord Krishna’s Guidance to Arjuna Verse 55 When a man completely casts off, Oh Arjuna, all the desires of the mind and is satisfied in the Self by the Self, then is he said to be one of steady wisdom!
Brahma Jnanavali Quote 7 Brahma Jnanavali Mala – Verse 7 Knowledge of the Blissful Self I am the supreme Self, beyond all the categories (such as Nature, Universe, Ego, etc.), I am the supreme auspicious One, beyond all those in the middle. I am beyond Illusion. I am the supreme light. I am the very […]
Bhagavad Gita Quote 5 Chapter 2 – Verse 50 Endowed with wisdom (evenness of mind), one casts off in this life both good and evil deeds; therefore, devote yourself to Yoga (of wisdom); Yoga is skill in action.
Bhagavad Gita Quote 4 Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 2 Verse 48 Perform action, Oh Arjuna, being steadfast in Yoga, abandoning attachment and balanced in success and failure! Evenness of mind is called Yoga.
Bhagavad Gita Quote 3 Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 2 Verse 47 Your right is to work only, but never with its fruits; let not the fruits of actions be your motive, nor let your attachment be to inaction.
Bhagavad Gita Quote 2 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 – Verse 20 Lord Krishna guides Arjuna He is not born nor does He ever die; after having been, He again never ceases to be. Unborn, eternal, changeless and ancient, He is not killed when the body is killed.
Kaivalya Upanishad Quote 1 Kaivalya Upanishad Verse 1 Then Asvalayana approached the highest Lord (the Creator Brahmaa) and said: Oh Bhagavan, teach me the highest Science of Reality, cultivated always by good people, which is ever a hidden secret for man, a knowledge by which a wise man, discarding all sins, can reach the Highest.
Bhagavad Gita Quote 1 14. The contacts of the senses with the objects, Oh son of Kunti, which cause heat and cold and pleasure and pain, have a beginning and an end; they are impermanent; endure them bravely, Oh Arjuna! 15. That firm man whom surely these afflict not, Oh chief among men, to whom […]
Mind runs about too much Question: My mind runs about too much. I do not seem to get it under control! Answer: You describe a situation which every sincere seeker experiences at one time or another. This is mainly because you despair unncesessarily at the direction in which your mind is running at some point […]
Breath Regulation helps Meditation In the absence of enquiry and devotion, the natural sedative pranayama (breath regulation) may be tried. This is known as Yoga Marga. If life is imperilled the whole interest centres round the one point, the saving of life. If the breath is held the mind cannot afford to (and does not) […]
Divine Grace is a powerful aid for Meditation The conversation turned upon the question as to whether Iswara Prasad (Divine Grace) is necessary for the attaining of samrajya (universal dominion) or whether a jiva’s honest and strenuous efforts to attain it cannot of themselves lead him to That from whence is no return to life […]
