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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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.
again behold creation deluded entire knowing knowledge shall
Knowing that, O Arjuna, you shall not again get deluded like this. By this knowledge you shall behold the entire creation in your own Self/Lord, or in Brahman.
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Detachment, non-fondness with son, wife, and home; unfailing equanimity upon attainment of the desirable and the undesirable; and / Unswerving devotion to Me by the yoga of exclusivity, love for solitude, distaste for social gossips; and / Steadfastness in knowledge of the Supreme Spirit, and the perception of (the omnipresent God as) the object of true knowledge is called knowledge; what is contrary to this is ignorance.
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Acquire this transcendental knowledge by humble reverence, by sincere inquiry, and by service.
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A yogi is called Self-realized who is satisfied with knowledge and understanding of the Self.
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But, those who carp at My teaching and do not practice it, consider them as ignorant of all knowledge, senseless, and lost.
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Four types of virtuous ones worship or seek Me, O Arjuna. They are: the distressed, the seeker of Self-knowledge, the seeker of wealth, and the wise one who knows the Supreme.
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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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Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because there follows immediate peace.
blazing fire karma self-knowledge wood
As the blazing fire reduces wood to ashes, similarly, the fire of Self-knowledge reduces all Karma to ashes.
among knowledge logic supreme
Among the knowledge I am knowledge of the supreme Self. I am logic of the logician.
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Knowledge is better than mere ritualistic practice, meditation is better than mere knowledge, renunciation of the fruit of work is better than meditation, peace immediately follows the renunciation of (the attachment to) the fruit of work.
achieve acquired again birth knowledge previous strives taking
After taking such a birth, O Arjuna, one regains the knowledge acquired in the previous life, and strives again to achieve perfection.
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Learn from Me briefly, O Arjuna, how one who has attained such perfection realizes Brahman, the supreme state of knowledge.