“Krishna introduces the idea that it is not enough to master all selfish desires; it is also necessary to subdue possessiveness and egocentricity.” — Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Copy Share Image
“The battlefield is a perfect backdrop, but the Gita’s subject is the war within, the struggle for self-mastery that every human being must wage… — Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Copy Share Image
“said, 'While the (Kuru) host was shaken by the grandson of Sini in these places (through which he proceeded), the son of Bharadwaja covered… — Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Copy Share Image
“Those unacquainted with any language but their own are generally very exclusive in matters of taste.” — Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Copy Share Image
“His judgment will be better and his vision clear if he is not emotionally entangled in the outcome of what he does.” — Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Copy Share Image
“When a person responds to the joys and sorrows of others as if they were his own, he has attained the highest state of… — Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Copy Share Image
“Therefore “yoga is skill in action,” because this kind of detachment is required if one is to act in freedom, rather than merely react… — Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Copy Share Image
“Just as a seed can grow into only one kind of tree, thoughts can produce effects only of the same nature. Kindness to others,… — Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Copy Share Image
“the Upanishads agree on their central ideas: Brahman, the Godhead; Atman, the divine core of personality; dharma, the law that expresses and maintains the… — Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Copy Share Image
“18 The wise see that there is action in the midst of inaction and inaction in the midst of action. Their consciousness is unified,… — Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Copy Share Image
“You have the right to action, but not to the fruits of action”: each of us has the obligation to act rightly, but no… — Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Copy Share Image
“Guna means strand, and in the Gita the gunas are described as the very fabric of existence, the veil that hides unity in a… — Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Copy Share Image
