Category Archives: By Saints / Poets

Bhagavad Gita sings: Discrimination is obscured by the mantle of desire and wrath. If we burn damp wood, there is only smoke. There is fire, but it cannot leap into flame. A dust-covered mirror cannot give a clear image. Just … Continue reading →

Bhagavad Gita sings: We are not so helpless after all. We have an armoury of plentiful arms with which we can wage war with strength and confidence. We can use our mind against the senses, our intellect against the mind, … Continue reading →

 Bhagavad Gita sings: सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati bhārata śraddhāmayo’yaṁ puruṣo yo yacchraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ “Since the faith of all people, O Bharat, is according to their inherent … Continue reading →

Bhagavad Gita sings: śreyo hi jñānamabhyāsājjñānāddhyānam viśisyate dhyānātkarmaphalatyāgastyāgācchāntiranantaram “Since knowledge is superior to practice, meditation better than knowledge, and abandonment of the fruits of action higher than meditation, renunciation is soon rewarded with peace.” To engage in action by the … Continue reading →

A compilation of precepts of the active discipline that provides access to the Supreme Being is what a scripture is. Having this in view, the Bhagavad-Geeta to which Sri Krishn has given utterance is a faultless treatise of the eternal, … Continue reading →

Bhagavad Gita sings: अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक् । साधुरेव स मन्तव्यः सम्यग्व्यवसितो हि सः ॥ api cet sudurācāro bhajate mām ananyabhāk, sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ samyag vyavasito hi sah “Even if a man of the most depraved conduct worships me … Continue reading →