The 42nd verse of chapter 18 of Bhagavad Gita is as follows:
“Shamo damastapah shaucham kshantirarjavameva cha,
Jnanam vijnanamastikyam brahma-karma svabhava-jam”
This verse states that serenity, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forgiveness, and uprightness, along with knowledge, realization, and belief in God, are the natural duties of Brahmanas, who are traditionally considered to be the priests and scholars of ancient India. Continue reading Bhagavad Gita 18.42
The 47th verse of chapter 2 of Bhagavad Gita is as follows:
“Karmanyeva adhikaraste maa phalesu kadachana,
Maa karmaphalaheturbhurma te sango’stvakarmani”
This verse is perhaps the most quoted verse from Gita, and it translates to: “You have the right to perform your actions, but you are not entitled to the fruits of the actions. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty.” Continue reading Bhagavad Gita 2.47
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Continue reading Geeta – Swami Chinmayananda
Reference: Bhagavad Gita 14.5, 14.6, 14.7 & 14.8
The three gunas – Sattva, Rajas & Tamas – born out of nature are responsible for bondage.
Sattvaguna binds by creating attachment for wellbeing and attachment to knowledge.
Rajoguna binds by creating attachment to action.
Tamoguna binds by mindlessness, laziness and sleep.
There is only one absolute reality – the impersonal consciousness – playing many roles.
[Bhagavad Gita 13.22]
Implied Meaning: The Self located in this body is also called the Witness/Knower. It is also the Approver/Intellect, the Provider, the Enjoyer/Experiencer, the great Lord and the Supreme Self.
Comment: While the absolute reality is playing many primary roles, it is also playing many secondary roles via primary roles. For instance, while experiencer is a role played by absolute reality, this role also plays several other roles which eventually are the secondary roles played by the absolute reality only. Sometimes the experiencer becomes father, sometimes son, sometimes boss, sometimes husband and so on. Often, it is attachment to the role that causes suffering to the experiencer. If a particular role played by the experiencer is causing mental suffering then the experiencer should try to switch over to being just a detached witness.
From the perspective of the hand, fingers are part of the hand but hand is not the fingers.
From the perspective of the body, hands are part of the body but hands are not the body.
When you close your eyes, you are able to imagine a rose if you wish. This means that the rose is in your consciousness but the consciousness is not the rose.
As this view is expanded and Self Inquiry is done, finally there is a realisation that everything is in impersonal consciousness, but impersonal consciousness is not caught in any particular thing.
In Bhagavad Gita 9.4, Krishn says as impersonal consciousness,
Implied Meaning: All this world is pervaded by me in my unmanifest form. All beings exist in me, but I do not dwell in them.