He who shirks action does not attain freedom; no one can gain perfection by abstaining from work. Indeed, there is no one who rests for even an instant; every creature is driven to action by his own nature.
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He who shirks action does not attain freedom; no one can gain perfection by abstaining from work. Indeed, there is no one who rests for even an instant; every creature is driven to action by his own nature.
He who meditates on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his mind constantly engaged in remembering Me, undeviated from the path, he, O Partha [Arjuna], is sure to reach Me.
It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.
An enlightened person - by perceiving God in all - looks at a learned person, an outcast, even a cow, an elephant, or a dog with an equal eye.
One is dearest to God who has no enemies among the living beings, who is nonviolent to all creatures.
Waters from many rivers continually flow into the ocean but the ocean never overfills.
In a like manner, desires and attachments constantly flow into the mind of the Illuminated One, but he or she , like the ocean in its deepest depths, is totally still and never disturbed.
Udaar charitanaam vasudev kutumbakam ~ To the large-hearted, the whole world is kin
To Karma (action) alone hast thou a right and never at all to its fruits; let not the fruits of action be thy motive; neither let there be in thee any attachment to inaction.
As a man can drink water from any side of a full tank, so the skilled theologian can wrest from any scripture that which will serve hisĀ purpose.
Austerity of speech consists in speaking truthfully and beneficially and in avoiding speech that offends.