With the intellect set in patience, with the mind fastened on the Self, let him attain quietude by degrees: let him not think of anything.
Lord Krishna
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The Bhagavad Gita’s 18 Chapters: What Each Teaches
Lord Krishna
I know, O Arjuna, the beings of the whole past, and the present, and the future, but Me none knoweth.
Lord Krishna
Triple is this gate of hell, destructive of the self—lust, anger and greed; therefore one should forsake these three.
Lord Krishna
He who can withstand in this world, before the liberation from the body, the impulse arising from lust and anger, he is steadfast, he is a happy man.
Lord Krishna
I am the sweet fragrance in earth, and the brilliance in fire am I; the life in all beings, and the austerity am I in ascetics.
Lord Krishna
One should not unsettle the understanding of the ignorant, attached to action; the wise one, steadily acting, should engage in all work.
Lord Krishna
He whose intellect is unattached everywhere, who has subdued his heart, whose desires have fled, he attains by renunciation to the supreme perfection, consisting of freedom from action.
Lord Krishna
Objects fall away from the abstinent man, leaving the longing behind. But his longing also ceases, who sees the Supreme.
Lord Krishna
Noble indeed are they all, but the wise man I regard as My very Self; for with the mind steadfast, he is established in Me alone, as the supreme goal.
Lord Krishna
Devotees in the path of work perform action, only with body, mind, senses, and intellect, forsaking attachment, for the purification of the heart.
Lord Krishna
The foolish regard Me, the unmanifested, as come into manifestation, not knowing My supreme state—immutable and transcendental.
Lord Krishna
Boldness, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, absence of hatred, absence of pride; these belong to one born for a divine state, O descendant of Bharata.
Lord Krishna
He by whom the world is not agitated and who cannot be agitated by the world, who is freed from joy, envy, fear, and anxiety—he is dear to Me.
Lord Krishna
Endued with this evenness of mind, one frees oneself in this life, alike from vice and virtue. Devote thyself, therefore, to this Yoga. Yoga is the very dexterity of work.
Lord Krishna
All beings are unmanifested in their beginning, O Bharata, manifested in their middle state, and unmanifested again in their end. What is there then to grieve about?
Lord Krishna
When he sees the separate existence of all beings inherent in the One, and their expansion from That alone, he then becomes Brahman.
Lord Krishna
He who judges of pleasure or pain everywhere, by the same standard as he applies to himself, that Yogi, O Arjuna, is regarded as the highest.
Lord Krishna
One who sees inaction in action and action in inaction- he is a smart man.
Lord Krishna
Perform your obligatory duty, because action is indeed better than inaction.
Lord Krishna
Calmness, gentleness, silence, self-restraint and purity: these are the disciplines of the mind.
Lord Krishna
Among all kinds of killers, time is the ultimate because time kills everything.
Lord Krishna
The only way you can conquer me is through love, and there I am gladly conquered.
Lord Krishna
Whatever happened was good. What’s happening is going well. Whatever will happen will also be good. Do not worry about the future. Live in the present.
Lord Krishna
Why do you worry unnecessarily? Whom do you fear? Who can kill you? The soul is neither born nor dies.
Lord Krishna
For one who has conquered his mind, a mind is best of friends, but for one who has failed to do so, a mind is the greatest enemy.
Lord Krishna