The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 22 The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 22 Shloka 22 However dear Arjuna, if one selfishly views one particular thing (namely the body) as if it is all and everything that is to be concerned about, the knowledge he possesses does not allow him to see beyond …
The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 21 The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 21 Shloka 21 However, Partha, if one can only see the multitude of things in this world in terms of their limitations and divisions, then this being possesses the impure knowledge of the Rajas mode of nature. (This passionately natured …
The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 20 The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 20 Shloka 20 When one can see Eternity, Infinity, and an undivided spiritual nature in things that are mortal, perishable, and divided in their spiritual nature, he has acquired the pure SAATVIC knowledge (or the knowledge of ‘goodness,’ concerning the …
The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 19 The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 19 Shloka 19 Now Arjuna, listen as I tell you the different kinds of knowledge, types of work, and the different categories of workers, that have been stated in the terms outlined by the philosophies of the three modes of …
The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 18 The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 18 Shloka 18 Arjuna, there are three instigators (stimuli) of action in this world namely, knowledge itself (that which is perceived through the senses and interpreted by a being through his mind and intellect), the object of knowledge (that which …
The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 17 The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 17 Shloka 17 He who is free from the bondages of selfishness, and is rid of all ill thoughts, and desires, even if he kills others in this world, he is not actually killing them (because he, in effect, is …
The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 16 The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 16 Shloka 16 Therefore dear Arjuna, He who looks upon himself as the doer of all his actions, disregarding all of the five actual causes of action, has clouded vision, deluded intelligence, and cannot see things as they really are. …
The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 15 The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 15 Shloka 15 Whether a being’s means of actions are his body, mind, or speech, all of his actions whether good or bad. are caused by these five factors. मनुष्य मन, वाणी और शरीर से शास्त्रानुकूल अथवा विपरीत जो कुछ …
The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 14 The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 14 Shloka 14 The Lord described the five causes of action: The body itself, is the first. The second is the owner of the body who actually performs the action. The third is the various senses of the body, which …
The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 13 The Gita – Chapter 18 – Shloka 13 Shloka 13 O Mighty-armed Arjuna, learn and realize from Me the five causes of all the actions in this world as stated in the holy SAMKHYA (one of the philosophical teachings on the subject of KARMA in the VEDANTA) …