Lord Krsna on qualities

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Actual opulence is My own nature as the Personality of Godhead, through

which I exhibit the six unlimited opulences. The supreme gain in life is

devotional service to Me, and actual education is nullifying the false

perception of duality within the soul. Real modesty is to be disgusted with

improper activities, and beauty is to possess good qualities such as

detachment. Real happiness is to transcend material happiness and

unhappiness, and real misery is to be implicated in searching for sex

pleasure. A wise man is one who knows the process of freedom from bondage,

and a fool is one who identifies with his material body and mind. The real

path in life is that which leads to Me, and the wrong path is sense

gratification, by which consciousness is bewildered. Actual heaven is the

predominance of the mode of goodness, whereas hell is the predominance of

ignorance. I am everyone's true friend, acting as the spiritual master of

the entire universe, and one's home is the human body. My dear friend

Uddhava, one who is enriched with good qualities is actually said to be

rich, and one who is unsatisfied in life is actually poor. A wretched person

is one who cannot control his senses, whereas one who is not attached to

sense gratification is a real controller. One who attaches himself to sense

gratification is the opposite, a slave. Thus, Uddhava, I have elucidated all

of the matters about which you inquired. There is no need for a more

elaborate description of these good and bad qualities, since to constantly

see good and bad is itself a bad quality. The best quality is to transcend

material good and evil.

 

SB 11.19.40-45