CHAPTER 1. RESOLUTION OF DIFFERENCES THROUGH PROPER INTERPRETATION The first chapter is regarded in Vedānta tradition as Samanvaya (Harmony), because it distills, synchronizes and …
Bhagavad Gita 5.26 – Kāma Krodhaviyuktānāṃ
कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम् ।अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम् ॥26॥ kāmakrodhaviyuktānāṃ yatīnāṃ yatacetasāmabhito brahmanirvāṇaṃ vartate viditātmanām kāma = from …
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Bhagavad Gita 5.20 – Na Prahṛṣyetpriyaṃ
न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम् ।स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद् ब्रह्मणि स्थितः ॥20॥ na prahṛṣyetpriyaṃ prāpya nodvijetprāpya cāpriyamsthirabuddhirasammūḍho brahmavid …
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J.J. Goodwin – Swami Vivekananda
Josiah John Goodwin (1870-1898)—Young British bachelor, excellent stenographer, ardent disciple of Swamiji whom he served as stenographer and secretary (1895-98), “…whose work for Swamiji was to be of …
Bhagavad Gita Quotes on Yajna
O Arjuna! Works other than those performed for the sake of sacrifice (Yajna) binds this world. So perform work for sacrifice without attachment. (3.9)Having created mankind together with yajna in the …
Bhagavad Gita Quotes on Knowledge
O Arjuna! So far the knowledge of Sankhya Yoga about Atma is declared. Now hear the knowledge of Karma Yoga, knowing which you shall cast off the bondage of work. (2.39)The man whose mind is not under …