"Bhagavad Gita"

Devote yourself to Yoga, the essence of work. Acting this way one gets rid of good and bad Karma that affects him if he attaches himself to the fruits of his actions.

The wise renounce the fruits of their action. They are immersed in yogic wisdom. They do not have rebirth and attain an abode where tranquility and peace prevails.

When your mind is released from the dense delusions, you shall realize that how disgusting all that you have heard so far have been. When your mind is fixed and unmoved and not confused by scriptural injunctions you shall attain yogic samadhi.

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Arjuna said:

O Kesava, what are the characteristics of one who is accomplished in meditation and steady in intelligence? How does such a steady person speak? How does he sit? How does he move?

The Lord of Sri said:

O Partha, one who having renounced all desires born of the mind, is satisfied in the self and by the self, is said to be one whose insight is steady.

In the midst of suffering and happiness his mind is neither confused nor kindled. He who is free from desires, passions, fear, and anger is said to be a sage of tranquil mind.

One who is free from all material desires, who is neither delighted nor disturbed by joys and sorrows is the one who stands firm in wisdom.

And when he completely controls his sense and keeps them away from their objects, like a tortoise drawing its limbs within its shell, his wisdom stands steady.

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It is not enough if one merely turns away from sense objects for the taste for such objects remain.

One should totally be devoid of even the taste for such objects. And one who sees God loses the taste acquired for sense objects. He remains fixed.

Indeed, O son of Kunti, the force of the senses is so powerful that they can even dissuade a very discriminating person.

In order to attain steady wisdom you should restrain your senses and focus your entire mind and being on me.

Thinking about sense objects brings on attachment towards them. Attachment breeds desire, and desire leads to frustration, which in turn leads to delusion. When you are deluded, you lose your memory and with the loss of memory, the power of discrimination is destroyed; with the destruction of discrimination, your self itself is lost.

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However, even while moving among the sense objects, the self-controlled one who is free from desire and disgust and brings himself under the jurisdiction of God, attains God's grace.

Purity of mind causes all suffering to cease. Such a person will attain without doubt steady intelligence.

Only through discipline in yoga, one can attain clear intelligence. Only then can one engage in meditation. Only meditation can give you peace and without peace where is happiness?

Whichever of the wandering senses the mind hankers after, that sense carries away one's intelligence, just as the wind blows away a ship on sea.

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Therefore, O mighty armed, one whose senses are completely withdrawn from sense objects, is the one fixed in wisdom.

That which is dark for all sentient beings is like bright daylight for whose senses are controlled. That which is dawn for sentient beings is like the dark night for the introspective sage who sees.

Just as many rivers entering the ocean cannot stir it or disturb its stillness similarly the mind of a person who is unmoved by desires remains still and attains peace. The one who hankers after such desires doesn't attain peace.

The action of a person who has abandoned all desires is freed from desire. Indifferent to ownership or sense of possession and free from any sense of ego, he attains peace.

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O Partha, having attained such a divine state one is not confused; if one is fixed in this consciousness even at the moment of death, one attains Brahman and all suffering ceases.

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CHAPTER #3
YOGA OF ACTION

O Janardhana ! You say that knowledge is superior to action. Yet you are bidding me to engage in this terrible act. Why Kesava?

Your speech sounds ambivalent. My mind is confused. Please clarify to me the path that I should take that will lead me to the highest good.

The Lord of Lakshmi said:

O Sinless one! As I had told you before, devotion can be on the basis of two things. One on the basis of knowledge for those involved in contemplation and the other is for the yogis, which is the path of action.

The state beyond action can neither be attained by abstaining from prescribed action nor by renunciation. No one is ever free from action. Every moment of their lives, people are forced to act whether they like it or not. This is because of the influence of the gunas.



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There is no point in restraining one's active senses, while constantly engaging in thoughts about sensory objects and pleasures. A person who does this is only cheating himself. He is a hypocrite.

O Arjuna! Great is the man who can use his mind to control his senses and do his Karma without any attachment. It is better to do your duty than to remain without doing anything. Action is important because we cannot even maintain our body without it.

Except a sacrifice, every kind of action done in this world is bonding. Hence perform action like it were a sacrifice that you are doing in the name of God. Do it without any attachment, O son of Kunti.

After creating mankind, along with sacrifice, the creator said at the beginning of creation, "By this (sacrifice) you shall attain all things; let such sacrifice be your wish-fulfilling cow of plenty".

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Your sacrifice will satisfy the goals. The goals in turn will satisfy your needs. This mutual arrangement will get you the greatest good. The gods, replete with sacrifice will fulfill your desires. But, the one who doesn't offer any sacrifice to the gods but enjoys the natural gifts given by god is considered a thief.

The pious who ensure to offer their food first to the gods and then eat only what is leftover are said to perform sacrifice even while eating and are thus relieved of all evil. Wicked are those who cook and eat all by themselves. Such people get to eat only impurities.

The core factor for human beings to subsist is food which is a product of rains. Rain is brought through sacrifice and sacrifice is done by doing the duties and rituals prescribed to oneself.

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