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Srimad Bhagavat Gita

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Sloka 8-12

 

 

Bhagavan's preachings to Arjuna.

 

Having no desire for honour; freedom from pride; non-violence; forbearance;

simplicity; service to a qualified guru; purity both internally and

externally; steadiness of mind; control of the body and senses; detachment

from sense objects; absence of false ego; constantly perceiving the misery

of birth, death, old age and disease; detachment from wife, children, home,

etc.; not being absorbed in the happiness and misery of others; equanimity

in attaining either favourable or unfavourable objects; one-pointed,

steadfast and unswerving bhakti to Me; a liking for solitude; a distaste for

the association of materialistic people; constant deliberation on knowledge

of the self and on the purpose of tattva-jnana, that is, moksa - I consider

all these to be jnana. Everything else is ignorance.