“The wise know that living by scriptural injunctions (good deeds, sacrifice, and so forth) will help you reach heaven. But the true yogi knows that even heaven is part of nature (prakriti) and thus is eventually perishable. This yogi therefore… — The Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
“The yogi moving toward Divinity is deemed more highly evolved than ascetics who practice severe penance, higher than the learned ones who know the scriptures, and above the ritualists who perform their rites seeking favors. All of these are to… — The Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
“The yogi who looks with the same eye upon saints or sinners, relatives or strangers, friends or foes, well-wishers or even those wishing harm… — The Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
“The wise know that living by scriptural injunctions (good deeds, sacrifice, and so forth) will help you reach heaven. But the true yogi knows… — The Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
“I am the goal at the end of all paths. I am the landlord of all creation. I am the inner witness in every… — The Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
“It is I who instills the seed of all births into the vast womb of nature ( prakriti). Nature in turn gives birth to… — The Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
“According to the law of karma, souls reincarnate in environments befitting their spiritual attainments. Good people (even those who have veered from the spiritual… — The Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
“Indeed, true seers, perceiving Divinity in everyone, do no harm to anyone. The ones who don’t perceive this unity separate themselves from others, seeing… — The Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
“Four types of people seek a connection with Me: One, the world-weary — people who worship God for the alleviation of physical or mental… — The Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
“It may seem impossible to you, but a mere human can indeed come to know God — not merely about God, but to really… — The Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
“Contemplate the cosmic standard of time and creation. When Brahma the creator wakes up at the dawn of each cosmic day, this entire universe… — The Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
“The ignorant (uninformed about Atma and without faith) waste their lives. Through their disbelief they alienate themselves from the Self and thus from true… — The Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
“The individual soul (jivatma), because it has drawn the senses around itself, experiences the pleasures, desires, and pains of the world. “People who are… — The Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
“Now listen carefully, Arjuna, this is the king of secrets, the crown jewel, the law of life at the spiritual level. If you think… — The Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
