BHAGAVAD GITA QUOTES III

Delivered from selfish attachment, fear, and anger, filled with me, surrendering
themselves to me, purified in the fire of my being, many have reached the state of unity
in me.
Actions do not cling to me because I am not attached to their results. Those who
understand this and practice it live in freedom.
The wise see that there is action in the midst of inaction and inaction in the midst of
action. Their consciousness is unified, and every act is done with complete awareness.
The process of offering is Brahman; that which is offered is Brahman. Brahman offers
the sacrifice in the fire of Brahman. Brahman is attained by those who see Brahman in
every action.
The offering of wisdom is better than any material offering, Arjuna; for the goal of all
work is spiritual wisdom.
Approach those who have realized the purpose of life and question them with reverence
and devotion; they will instruct you in this wisdom.
Even if you were the most sinful of sinners, Arjuna, you could cross beyond all sin by the
raft of spiritual wisdom.
Krishna delivers the Gita to Arjuna.
As the heat of a fire reduces wood to ashes, the fire of knowledge burns to ashes all
karma.
Those who surrender to Brahman all selfish attachments are like the leaf of a lotus
floating clean and dry in water. Sin cannot touch them.
Those who renounce attachment in all their deeds live content in the city of nine gates,
the body, as its master. They are not driven to act, nor do they involve others in action.
Those who possess this wisdom have equal regard for all. They see the same Self in a
spiritual aspirant and an outcaste, in an elephant, a cow, and a dog.
Pleasures conceived in the world of the senses have a beginning and an end and give
birth to misery, Arjuna. The wise do not look for happiness in them. But those who
overcome the impulses of lust and anger which arise in the body are made whole and
live in joy. They find their joy, their rest, and their light completely within themselves.
United with the Lord, they attain nirvana in Brahman.
Free from anger and selfish desire, unified in mind, those who follow the path of yoga
and realize the Self are established forever in that supreme state.

Knowing me as the friend of all creatures, the Lord of the universe, the end of all
offerings and all spiritual disciplines, they attain eternal peace.
It is not those who lack energy or refrain from action, but those who work without
expectation of reward who attain the goal of meditation.
Those who cannot renounce attachment to the results of their work are far from the
path.
Reshape yourself through the power of your will; never let yourself be degraded by selfwill. The will is the only friend of the Self, and the will is the only enemy of the Self.
To those who have conquered themselves, the will is a friend. But it is the enemy of
those who have not found the Self within them.
The supreme Reality stands revealed in the consciousness of those who have conquered
themselves. They live in peace, alike in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, praise and
blame.
With all fears dissolved in the peace of the Self and all actions dedicated to Brahman,
controlling the mind and fixing it on me, sit in meditation with me as your only goal.
Arjuna, those who eat too much or eat too little, who sleep too much or sleep too little,
will not succeed in meditation. But those who are temperate in eating and sleeping,
work and recreation, will come to the end of sorrow through meditation.
In the still mind, in the depths of meditation, the Self reveals itself. Beholding the Self by
means of the Self, an aspirant knows the joy and peace of complete fulfillment.
Wherever the mind wanders, restless and diffuse in its search for satisfaction without,
lead it within; train it to rest in the Self.
I am ever present to those who have realized me in every creature. Seeing all life as my
manifestation, they are never separated from me.
When a person responds to the joys and sorrows of others as if they were his own, he
has attained the highest state of spiritual union.
No one who does good work will ever come to a bad end, either here or in the world to
come.
Through constant effort over many lifetimes, a person becomes purified of all selfish
desires and attains the supreme goal of life.
Meditation is superior to severe asceticism and the path of knowledge. It is also superior
to selfless service. May you attain the goal of meditation, Arjuna!
Even among those who meditate, that man or woman who worships me with perfect
faith, completely absorbed in me, is the most firmly established in yoga.

With your mind intent on me, Arjuna, discipline yourself with the practice of yoga.
Depend on me completely. Listen, and I will dispel all your doubts; you will come to
know me fully and be united with me.
The birth and dissolution of the cosmos itself take place in me. There is nothing that
exists separate from me, Arjuna. The entire universe is suspended from me as my
necklace of jewels.
Arjuna, I am the taste of pure water and the radiance of the sun and moon. I am the
sacred word and the sound heard in air, and the courage of human beings. I am the
sweet fragrance in the earth and the radiance of fire; I am the life in every creature and
the striving of the spiritual aspirant.
My eternal seed, Arjuna, is to be found in every creature. I am the power of
discrimination in those who are intelligent, and the glory of the noble. In those who are
strong, I am strength, free from passion and selfish attachment. I am desire itself, if that
desire is in harmony with the purpose of life.

Bhagavad Gita Quotes on Life and Death

The states of sattva, rajas, and tamas come from me, but I am not in them.
The three gunas make up my divine maya, difficult to overcome. But they cross over this
maya who take refuge in me.
Some come to the spiritual life because of suffering, some in order to understand life;
some come through a desire to achieve lifes purpose, and some come who are men and
women of wisdom. Unwavering in devotion, always united with me, the man or woman
of wisdom surpasses all the others.
After many births the wise seek refuge in me, seeing me everywhere and in everything.
Such great souls are very rare.
The world, deluded, does not know that I am without birth and changeless. I know
everything about the past, the present, and the future, Arjuna; but there is no one who
knows me completely.
Delusion arises from the duality of attraction and aversion, Arjuna; every creature is
deluded by these from birth.
Those who see me ruling the cosmos, who see me in the adhibhuta, the adhidaiva, and
the adhiyajna, are conscious of me even at the time of death.
The Lord is the supreme poet, the first cause, the sovereign ruler, subtler than the tiniest
particle, the support of all, inconceivable, bright as the sun, beyond darkness.
Remembering me at the time of death, close down the doors of the senses and place the
mind in the heart. Then, while absorbed in meditation, focus all energy upwards to the

head. Repeating in this state the divine name, the syllable Om that represents the
changeless Brahman, you will go forth from the body and attain the supreme goal.

I am easily attained by the person who always remembers me and is attached to nothing
else. Such a person is a true yogi, Arjuna.
Every creature in the universe is subject to rebirth, Arjuna, except the one who is united
with me.
The six months of the northern path of the sun, the path of light, of fire, of day, of the
bright fortnight, leads knowers of Brahman to the supreme goal. The six months of the
southern path of the sun, the path of smoke, of night, of the dark fortnight, leads other
souls to the light of the moon and to rebirth.
Under my watchful eye the laws of nature take their course. Thus is the world set in
motion; thus the animate and the inanimate are created.

I am the ritual and the sacrifice; I am true medicine and the mantram. I am the offering
and the fire which consumes it, and the one to whom it is offered.
I am the father and mother of this universe, and its grandfather too; I am its entire
support. I am the sum of all knowledge, the purifier, the syllable Om; I am the sacred
scriptures, the Rig, Yajur, and Sama Vedas.
I am the goal of life, the Lord and support of all, the inner witness, the abode of all. I am
the only refuge, the one true friend; I am the beginning, the staying, and the end of
creation; I am the womb and the eternal seed.
Those who follow the rituals given in the Vedas, who offer sacrifices and take soma, free
themselves from evil and attain the vast heaven of the gods, where they enjoy celestial
pleasures. When they have enjoyed these fully, their merit is exhausted and they return
to this land of death. Thus observing Vedic rituals but caught in an endless chain of
desires, they come and go.
Those who worship me and meditate on me constantly, without any other thought I
will provide for all their needs.
Those who worship the devas will go to the realm of the devas; those who worship their
ancestors will be united with them after death. Those who worship phantoms will
become phantoms; but my devotees will come to me. Those who worship the devas will
go to the realm of the devas; those who worship their ancestors will be united with them
after death. Those who worship phantoms will become phantoms; but my devotees will
come to me.
Fill your mind with me; love me; serve me; worship me always. Seeking me in your
heart, you will at last be united with me.
All the scriptures lead to me; I am their author and their wisdom.
Bhishma, Drona, Jayadratha, Karna, and many others are already slain. Kill those whom
I have killed. Do not hesitate. Fight in this battle and you will conquer your enemies.
Not by knowledge of the Vedas, nor sacrifice, nor charity, nor rituals, nor even by severe
asceticism has any other mortal seen what you have seen, O heroic Arjuna.
Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is
meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because there follows
immediate peace.
Some realize the Self within them through the practice of meditation, some by the path
of wisdom, and others by selfless service. Others may not know these paths; but hearing
and following the instructions of an illumined teacher, they too go beyond death.
The brightness of the sun, which lights up the world, the brightness of the moon and of
fire these are my glory.

Calmness, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and purity: these are the disciplines of the
mind.
To refrain from selfish acts is one kind of renunciation, called sannyasa; to renounce the
fruit of action is another, called tyaga.
By serving me with steadfast love, a man or woman goes beyond the gunas. Such a one is
fit for union with Brahman.
When they see the variety of creation rooted in that unity and growing out of it, they
attain fulfillment in Brahman.
I have shared this profound truth with you, Arjuna. Those who understand it will attain
wisdom; they will have done that which has to be done.
I give you these precious words of wisdom; reflect on them and then do as you choose.