Bhagavad Gita

Essential Quotes

“The world is imprisoned in its own activity, except when actions are performed as worship of God. Therefore you must perform every action sacramentally, and be free from all attachments to results.”

“When you have reached enlightenment, ignorance will delude you no longer. In the light of that knowledge you will see the entire creation within your own Atman and in me. / And though you were the foulest of sinners, / This knowledge alone would carry you / Like a raft, over all your sin. / The blazing fire turns wood to ashes: / The fire of knowledge turns all karmas to ashes.”

“Brahman is the ritual, / Brahman is the offering, / Brahman is he who offers / To the fire that is Brahman.”

“When senses touch objects / The pleasures therefrom / Are like wombs that bear sorrow. / They begin, they are ended: / They bring no delight to the wise.”

“A man should not hate any living creature. Let him be friendly and compassionate to all. He must free himself from the delusion of 'I’ and 'mine.’ He must accept pleasure and pain with equal tranquility. He must be forgiving, ever-contented, self-controlled, united constantly with me in his meditation. His resolve must be unshakable. He must be dedicated to me in intellect and in mind. Such a devotee is dear to me.”