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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Sages speak of the immutable Tree of Life, with its tape root above and its branches below.
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On this path effort never goes to waste, and there is no failure. Even a little effort toward spiritual awareness will protect you from the greatest fear.
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O Krishna, the stillness of divine union which you describe is beyond my comprehension. How can the mind, which is so restless, attain lasting peace? Krishna, the mind is restless, turbulent, powerful, violent; trying to control it is like trying to tame the wind.
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Dedicating all works to Me in a spiritual frame of mind, free from desire, attachment, and mental grief, do your duty.
enjoyed exhaustion good heavenly mortal pleasures return spirit-and-spirituality wide
Having enjoyed the wide world of heavenly sense pleasures they return to the mortal world upon exhaustion of their good Karma.
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The goal should be sought reaching which one does not come back; thus thinking: In that very primal spirit I take refuge from which this primal manifestation comes forth.
creation creator hear powers source
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.
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What is work and what is not work are questions that perplex the wisest of men.
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The serenity of mind, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and the purity of mind are called the austerity of thought.
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The state of severance of union with sorrow is known by the name of yoga.
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The Self is present equally in all beings.
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I see You with Your crown, club, discus; and a mass of radiance, difficult to behold, shining all around with immeasurable brilliance of the sun and the blazing fire.
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I shall fully explain to you the Self-knowledge together with Self-realization after knowing that nothing more remains to be known in this world.
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I shall fully describe the object of knowledge, knowing which one attains immortality.