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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A person is said to have attained yogic perfection when there is no desire for sensual pleasures, or attachment to the fruits of work, and has renounced all personal selfish motives.
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One attains the highest perfection by devotion to one's natural work. Listen to Me how one attains perfection while engaged in natural work.
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They all attain perfection When they find joy in their work.
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No one attains perfection by merely giving up work.
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Learn from Me briefly, O Arjuna, how one who has attained such perfection realizes Brahman, the supreme state of knowledge.
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Scarcely one out of thousands of persons strives for perfection of Self-realization.
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One does not attain freedom from the bondage of Karma by merely abstaining from work. No one attains perfection by merely giving up work.
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A man's own self is his friend. A man's own self is his foe.
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The yogi who knows all this goes beyond getting the benefits of the study of the Vedas, performance of sacrifices, austerities, and charities, and attains the Supreme eternal abode.
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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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As many torrents of the rivers rush toward the ocean, similarly, those warriors of the mortal world are entering Your blazing mouths.
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I am the strength, that is devoid of lust and attachment, of the strong.
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I shall fully describe the object of knowledge, knowing which one attains immortality.
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A person whose mind is unattached to sensual pleasures, who discovers the joy of the Self, and whose mind is in union with Brahman through meditation, enjoys eternal bliss.