Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita, often referred to as simply the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture in Sanskrit that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata...
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Entering the earth I support all beings with My energy; becoming the sap-giving moon I nourish all the plants.
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Seers whose sins (or imperfections) are destroyed, whose doubts have been dispelled by knowledge, whose disciplined minds are attached with the Self, and who are engaged in the welfare of all beings attain Supreme Brahman.
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The one who sees the imperishable Supreme Lord dwelling equally within all perishable beings truly sees.
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Using My nature I create, again and again, the entire multitude of beings that are helpless, being under the control of nature.
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Nonviolence, equanimity, contentment, austerity, charity, fame, and ill fame; all these diverse qualities in human beings arise from Me alone.
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This Supreme abode, O Arjuna, is attainable by unswerving devotion to Me within which all beings exist, and by which all this universe is pervaded.
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When one perceives diverse variety of beings resting in One and spreading out from That alone, then one attains Brahman.
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There are two types of human beings in this world: the divine, and the demonic.
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All beings in this world are in utter ignorance due to the delusion of dualities born of likes and dislikes, O Arjuna.
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All beings follow their nature. Even the wise act according to their own nature. What, then, is the value of sense restraint?
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He from whom all beings originate, and by whom all this universe is pervaded; worshipping Him by performing one's natural duty for Him one attains perfection.
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I know, O Arjuna, the beings of the past, of the present, and those of the future, but no one really knows Me.
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The Lord abides in the heart of all beings, O Arjuna, causing all beings to act (or work out their Karma) by His power of Maya as if they are (puppets of Karma) mounted on a machine.
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What the creation is, what it is like, what its transformations are, where the source is, who that creator is, and what His powers are, hear all these from Me in brief.