Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita Quotes

“All problems of life arise from some weakness of mind. All weakness of mind is due to the mind’s ignorance of its own essential nature, which is universal and the source of infinite energy and intelligence.”
― Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita: A New Translation and Commentary With Sanskrit Text -- Chapters 1 to 6

“only when the transcendent Self, or Being, comes to be appreciated on the level of the senses. Wrong interpretations of this and other verses have led many genuine seekers of Truth to undertake rigorous and unnatural practices in order to control the senses, thus wasting their lives and benefiting neither themselves nor others. Mastery of the senses is gained only through the state of established intellect, for in this state where man is established in awareness of the Self as separate from activity, his behaviour is quite naturally unaffected by the otherwise overpowering influence of the senses.”
― Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita: A New Translation and Commentary With Sanskrit Text -- Chapters 1 to 6

“Shankara’s statements about the nature of the goal were mistaken for the path to realization.”
― Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita: A New Translation and Commentary With Sanskrit Text -- Chapters 1 to 6

“The effect was mistaken for the cause. Right action came to be regarded as a means to gain Nirvāṇa, whereas right action is in fact the result of this state of consciousness in freedom.”
― Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita: A New Translation and Commentary With Sanskrit Text -- Chapters 1 to 6

“He whose happiness is within, whose contentment is within, whose light is all within, that Yogī, being one with Brahman, attains eternal freedom in divine consciousness.”
― Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita: A New Translation and Commentary With Sanskrit Text -- Chapters 1 to 6

“Bliss Consciousness may be lived at all times, it is necessary that it should not be lost when the mind comes out of meditation and engages in activity. For this to be possible the mind has to become so intimately familiar with the state of Being that It remains grounded in the mind at all times, through all the mental activity of thinking, discriminating, and deciding, and through all phases of action on the sensory level. For this in turn, it is necessary that the process of gaining Transcendental Consciousness through meditation”
― Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita: A New Translation and Commentary With Sanskrit Text -- Chapters 1 to 6

“Problems are not solved on the level of problems. Analysing a problem to find its solution is like trying to restore freshness to a leaf by treating the leaf itself, whereas the solution lies in watering the root.”
― Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita: A New Translation and Commentary With Sanskrit Text -- Chapters 1 to 6