Bhagavad Gita
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"That which is to be found, more or less clearly, spread out here and there in Hindu religious books, has been brought out in the clearest possible language in the Gita... That matchless remedy is renunciation of fruits of action.” -MK Ghandi
Those who possess this wisdom have equal regard for all. They see the same Self in a spiritual aspirant and an outcaste, in an elephant, a cow, and a dog. Such people have mastered life. With even mind they rest in Brahman, who is perfect and is everywhere the same.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Those who possess this wisdom have equal regard for all. They see the same Self in a spiritual aspirant and an outcaste, in an elephant, a cow, and a dog. Such people have mastered life. With even mind they rest in Brahman, who is perfect and is everywhere the same.
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But beyond this formless state there is another, unmanifested reality, which is eternal and is not dissolved when the cosmos is destroyed.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
But beyond this formless state there is another, unmanifested reality, which is eternal and is not dissolved when the cosmos is destroyed.
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I am the goal of life, the Lord and support of all, the inner witness, the abode of all. I am the only refuge, the one true friend; I am the beginning, the staying, and the end of creation; I am the womb and the eternal seed.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I am the goal of life, the Lord and support of all, the inner witness, the abode of all. I am the only refuge, the one true friend; I am the beginning, the staying, and the end of creation; I am the womb and the eternal seed.
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Indeed, you alone know yourself, O supreme spirit. You are the source of being and the master of every creature, God of gods, the Lord of the universe.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Indeed, you alone know yourself, O supreme spirit. You are the source of being and the master of every creature, God of gods, the Lord of the universe.
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Those who take wisdom as their highest goal, whose faith is deep and whose senses are trained, attain wisdom quickly and enter into perfect peace. But the ignorant, indecisive and lacking in faith, waste their lives. They can never be happy in this world or any other.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Those who take wisdom as their highest goal, whose faith is deep and whose senses are trained, attain wisdom quickly and enter into perfect peace. But the ignorant, indecisive and lacking in faith, waste their lives. They can never be happy in this world or any other.
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As the heat of a fire reduces wood to ashes, the fire of knowledge burns to ashes all karma. Nothing in this world purifies like spiritual wisdom. It is the perfection achieved in time through the path of yoga, the path which leads to the Self within.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
As the heat of a fire reduces wood to ashes, the fire of knowledge burns to ashes all karma. Nothing in this world purifies like spiritual wisdom. It is the perfection achieved in time through the path of yoga, the path which leads to the Self within.
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Selfish desire is found in the senses, mind, and intellect, misleading them and burying the understanding in delusion. Fight with all your strength, Arjuna! Controlling your senses, conquer your enemy, the destroyer of knowledge and realization.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Selfish desire is found in the senses, mind, and intellect, misleading them and burying the understanding in delusion. Fight with all your strength, Arjuna! Controlling your senses, conquer your enemy, the destroyer of knowledge and realization.
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Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests deep within the womb, knowledge is hidden by selfish desire – hidden, Arjuna, by this unquenchable fire for self-satisfaction, the inveterate enemy of the wise.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests deep within the womb, knowledge is hidden by selfish desire – hidden, Arjuna, by this unquenchable fire for self-satisfaction, the inveterate enemy of the wise.
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It is better to strive in one’s own dharma than to succeed in the dharma of another. Nothing is ever lost in following one’s own dharma, but competition in another’s dharma breeds fear and insecurity.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It is better to strive in one’s own dharma than to succeed in the dharma of another. Nothing is ever lost in following one’s own dharma, but competition in another’s dharma breeds fear and insecurity.
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The senses have been conditioned by attraction to the pleasant and aversion to the unpleasant. Do not be ruled by them; they are obstacles in your path.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The senses have been conditioned by attraction to the pleasant and aversion to the unpleasant. Do not be ruled by them; they are obstacles in your path.
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The warrior confronted with such a war should be pleased, Arjuna, for it comes as an open gate to heaven. But if you do not participate in this battle against evil, you will incur sin, violating your dharma and your honor.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The warrior confronted with such a war should be pleased, Arjuna, for it comes as an open gate to heaven. But if you do not participate in this battle against evil, you will incur sin, violating your dharma and your honor.
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When you let your mind follow the call of the senses, they carry away your better judgment as storms drive a boat off its charted course on the sea.
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November 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
When you let your mind follow the call of the senses, they carry away your better judgment as storms drive a boat off its charted course on the sea.
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Anger clouds the judgment; you can no longer learn from past mistakes. Lost is the power to choose between what is wise and what is unwise, and your life is utter waste.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Anger clouds the judgment; you can no longer learn from past mistakes. Lost is the power to choose between what is wise and what is unwise, and your life is utter waste.
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The disunited mind is far from wise; how can it meditate? How be at peace? When you know no peace, how can you know joy?
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October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The disunited mind is far from wise; how can it meditate? How be at peace? When you know no peace, how can you know joy?
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When you keep thinking about sense objects, attachment comes. Attachment breeds desire, the lust of possession that burns to anger.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
When you keep thinking about sense objects, attachment comes. Attachment breeds desire, the lust of possession that burns to anger.
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Considering your dharma, you should not vacillate. For a warrior, nothing is higher than a war against evil.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Considering your dharma, you should not vacillate. For a warrior, nothing is higher than a war against evil.
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When a person has freed himself from attachment to the results of work, and from desires for the enjoyment of sense objects, he ascends to the unitive state.
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October 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
When a person has freed himself from attachment to the results of work, and from desires for the enjoyment of sense objects, he ascends to the unitive state.
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But when you move amidst the world of sense, free from attachment and aversion alike, there comes the peace in which all sorrows end, and you live in the wisdom of the Self.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
But when you move amidst the world of sense, free from attachment and aversion alike, there comes the peace in which all sorrows end, and you live in the wisdom of the Self.
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The three gunas make up my divine maya, difficult to overcome. But they cross over this maya who take refuge in me.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The three gunas make up my divine maya, difficult to overcome. But they cross over this maya who take refuge in me.
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As rivers flow into the ocean but cannot make the vast ocean overflow, so flow the streams of the sense-world into the sea of peace that is the sage. But this is not so with the desirer of desires.
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October 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
As rivers flow into the ocean but cannot make the vast ocean overflow, so flow the streams of the sense-world into the sea of peace that is the sage. But this is not so with the desirer of desires.
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Perform work in this world, Arjuna, as a man established within himself – without selfish attachments, and alike in success and defeat. For yoga is perfect evenness of mind.
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October 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Perform work in this world, Arjuna, as a man established within himself – without selfish attachments, and alike in success and defeat. For yoga is perfect evenness of mind.
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Those who cast off sin through this knowledge, absorbed in the Lord and established in him as their one goal and refuge, are not reborn as separate creatures.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Those who cast off sin through this knowledge, absorbed in the Lord and established in him as their one goal and refuge, are not reborn as separate creatures.
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Even the wise act within the limitations of their own nature. Every creature is subject to prakriti; what is the use of repression?
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October 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Even the wise act within the limitations of their own nature. Every creature is subject to prakriti; what is the use of repression?
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Every creature is unmanifested at first and then attains manifestation. When its end has come, it once again becomes unmanifested. What is there to lament in this?
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October 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Every creature is unmanifested at first and then attains manifestation. When its end has come, it once again becomes unmanifested. What is there to lament in this?
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Just as a reservoir is of little use when the whole countryside is flooded, scriptures are of little use to the illumined man or woman, who sees the Lord everywhere.
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October 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Just as a reservoir is of little use when the whole countryside is flooded, scriptures are of little use to the illumined man or woman, who sees the Lord everywhere.
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