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He who is free from vain expectations, who is pure, who is wise and knows what to do, who in inner peace watches both sides, who shakes not, who works for God and not for himself – this man loves me, and he is dear to me.
He who feels neither excitement nor repulsion, who complains not and lusts not for things; who is beyond good and evil, and who has love – he is dear to me.
The man whose love is the same for his enemies or his friends, whose soul is the same in honour or disgrace, who is beyond heat or cold or pleasure or pain, who is free from the chains of attachments; 19 Who is balanced in blame and in praise, whose soul is silent, who is happy with whatever he h...
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Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, the power of mental unification, intelligence, and courage: this is the field and its modifications.
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.
Those who with the eye of inner vision see the distinction between the field and the knower of the field, and see the liberation of spirit from matter, they go into the Supreme.
Sattva binds to happiness; Rajas to action; Tamas, overclouding wisdom, binds to lack of vigilance.
Any work when it is well done bears the pure harmony of Sattva; but when done in Rajas it brings pain, and when done in Tamas it brings ignorance.
From Sattva arises wisdom, from Rajas greed, from Tamas negligence, delusion and ignorance.
Those who are in Sattva climb the path that leads on high, those who are in Rajas follow the level path, those who are in Tam...
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He who hates not light, nor busy activity, nor even darkness, when they are near, neither longs for them when they are far;
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;
Who is the same in honour or disgrace, and has the same love for enemies or friends, who surrenders all selfish undertakings – this man has gone beyond the three.
Evil men know not what should be done or what should not be done. Purity is not in their hearts, nor good conduct, nor truth.
They torture their soul with insatiable desires and full of deceit, insolence, and pride, they hold fast their dark ideas, and they carry on their impure work. 11 Thus they are beset with innumerable cares which last long, all their life, until death. Their highest aim is sensual enjoyment, and they firmly think that this is all.
12 They are bound by hundreds of vain hopes. Anger and lust is their refuge; and they strive by unjust means to amass wealth for their own cravings.
Three are the gates to this hell, the death of the soul: the gate of lust, the gate of wrath, and the gate of greed. Let a man shun the three.
A gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time and at the right place, and when we expect nothing in return.
23 When work is done as sacred work, unselfishly, with a peaceful mind, without lust or hate, with no desire for reward, then the work is pure.
25 And that work which is done with a confused mind, without considering what may follow, or one’s own powers, or the harm done to others, or one’s own loss, is work of darkness.
But a man who is a slave of his passions, who works for selfish ends, who is greedy, violent and impure, and who is moved by pleasure and pain, is a man of impure Rajas.
And a man without self-harmony, vulgar, arrogant and deceitful; malicious, indolent and despondent, and also procrastinating, is a man of the darkness of Tamas.
There is a wisdom which knows when to go and when to return, what is to be done and what is not to be done, what is fear and what is courage, what is bondage and what is liberation – that is pure wisdom.
Impure wisdom has no clear vision of what is right and what is wrong, what should be done and what should not be done.
And there is a wisdom obscured in darkness when wrong is thought to be right, and when things are thought...
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