The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 32 The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 32 Shloka 32 O Arjuna, there is wisdom obscured in darkness and ignorance. A being possesses this TAMAS reasoning if he thinks that wrong is right; if he is always under illusions and misconceptions about truths in this world, and …
The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 31 The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 31 Shloka 31 The wisdom which is characterized by a lack of understanding of what should and should not be done; between what is religious and non-religious activity; between what is right and wrong; and when a person constantly mistakes …
The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 30 The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 30 Shloka 30 Pure and SAATVIC wisdom, O Partha, is that which one possesses when one knows when to go to a certain point and when to return; what should and should not be done; what fear is and what …
The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 29 The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 29 Shloka 29 Now Arjuna, hear and understand as I reveal to you the three divisions of wisdom and stability of the mind, according to the three GUNAS (modes of nature). हे धनञ्जय ! अब तू बुद्भि का और धृति …
The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 28 The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 28 Shloka 28 A person whose behaviour is marked by ignorance, conceit, vulgarity, deceit, maliciousness, offence to others, laziness, without self-harmony, procrastination, materialism, and speaking and doing things against the Holy Scriptures, is said to be a man who possesses …
The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 27 The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 27 Shloka 27 The worker who is over-attached to his work and activity, and to the results of his work, who wants to enjoy the good results, who is always jealous of the other’s possessions, is selfish, greedy, violent, impure, …
The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 26 The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 26 Shloka 26 A man who is free from the bondages of selfish and material attachments, who is without a false ego, unaffected by material desires or the fluctuations between success and failure, and who has enthusiasm, is said to …
The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 25 The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 25 Shloka 25 The work which one completes with a confused mind and deluded intelligence, without any cares about the horrible consequences that might result from his selfish tasks; work that is done without concern for the bondage that it …
The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 24 The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 24 Shloka 24 But when any task is completed with selfish desires in mind, looked upon as an effort and nothing more, looked upon as if it was a great sacrifice to have completed a task, this type of work …
The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 23 The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 23 Shloka 23 The Blessed Lord explained: When work is done as if it were a sacred task, Without any selfish, motives, with a peaceful mind, without any feelings of lust and hate, and without any desire for rewards, I …