Bhagavad Gita Quotes To Live By
The Bhagavad Gita is considered to be among the greatest spiritual books the world has ever known. On reading this profound work of philosophy and divine knowledge, you are bound to feel like a changed person. Every word, every quote of Bhagavad Gita teaches the reader something valuable. Here are 15 Bhagavad Gita Quotes for everyone who wishes to lead a peaceful and spiritual life.
Nature is the Almighty and the Eternal. We are all mere mortals
It is Nature that causes all movement. Deluded by the ego, the fool harbors the perception that says “I did it”.
Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, The Bhagavad Gita or The Song Divine
Swadharma and its fulfillment
It is better to perform one’s own duties imperfectly than to master the duties of another.
-Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 47
Sow good in order to reap good.
No one who does good work will ever come to a bad end, either here or in the world to come.
A gift given from the heart is the purest.
A gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time and at the right place, and when we expect nothing in return.
– The Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 17 – Shloka 20
Conquering yourself is the key to finding peace
Those who have conquered themselves…live in peace, alike in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, praise and blame…To such people a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same…Because they are impartial, they rise to great heights.
Chapter 14: The Three Modes of Material Nature
Attaining Supreme Peace
Abandon all attachment to the results of action and attain supreme peace.
Meditation for the mind.
Strive to still your thoughts. Make your mind one-pointed in meditation. The mind is restless and difficult to restrain, but it is subdued by practice.
Devotion, Faith and Unification
When a person is devoted to something with complete faith, I unify his faith in that. Then, when his faith his completely unified, he gains the object of his devotion.
– Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 7, Verse 21
Spiritual Awareness for fighting your fears.
On this path effort never goes to waste, and there is no failure. Even a little effort towards spiritual awareness will protect you from the greatest fear.
Fear and Reality.
Fear not what is not real, never was and never will be. What is real, always was and cannot be destroyed.
Living in the Present.
Whatever happened was good, what’s happening, it’s going well, whatever will happen, will also be good. You need not have any regrets from the past. Do not worry for the future. Live in the present.
The Ultimate Form of Peace
When you move amidst the world of sense, free from attachment and aversion alike, there comes the peace in which all sorrows end, and you live in the wisdom of the Self.
The Wise work for the World.
The wise work for the welfare of the world, without thought for themselves.
The true form of Freedom.
Actions do not cling to me because I’m not attached to their results. Those who understand this and practice it live in freedom
Fulfilling duties irrespective of their defects.
No one should abandon duties because he sees defects in them. Every action, every activity, is surrounded by defects as a fire is surrounded by smoke.
-Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 48
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