Posted in Gita, Quotes - 2011 on Oct 2nd, 2011
15.12 That splendour of light that comes from the sun and which illumines the whole universe, the soft light of the moon, the brightness of fire – know that they all come from me.
15.15 And I am in the heart of all. With me come memory and wisdom, and without me they depart. - [...]
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Posted in Gita, Quotes - 2011 on Sep 25th, 2011
15.7 A spark of my eternal Spirit becomes in this world a living soul; and this draws around its centre the five senses and the mind resting in nature. - The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 15)
the spark
Krsna the supreme personality, according to The Gita, confidently declares that a fragment of divinity becomes us. We spring from [...]
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Posted in Gita, Quotes - 2011, Stillness on Sep 18th, 2011
14.24 Who dwells in his inner self, and is the same in pleasure and pain; to whom gold or stones or earth are one, and what is pleasing or displeasing leave him in peace; who is beyond both praise and blame, and whose mind is steady and quiet…
14.26 And he who with never-failing love adores [...]
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Posted in Gita, Quotes - 2011 on Sep 11th, 2011
14.11 When the light of wisdom shines from the portals of the body’s dwelling, then we know that Sattva is in power.
14.12 Greed, busy activity, many undertakings, unrest, the lust of desire – these arise when Rajas increases.
14.13 Darkness, inertia, negligence, delusion – these appear when Tamas prevails. - The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter [...]
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Posted in Gita, Quotes - 2011 on Sep 4th, 2011
13.28 And when a man sees that the God in himself is the same God in all that is, he hurts not himself by hurting others: then he goes indeed to the highest Path. - The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 13)
our thoughts
We dwell in our thoughts. We dwell in our minds. And therefore we dwell in [...]
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