The Bhagavad Gita Quotes

“… beyond time, space, and circumstances to the place where the mind is tranquil and ego disappears.”
― Jack Hawley, The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners

“  8  “The well-practiced mind does not wander after anything else. Through constant practice (abhyasa yoga) living becomes a lifelong meditation on the Divine. Then, no matter what you may be doing, you are imbibing godly tendencies. This becomes a habit of the mind. Educate your mind to this habit. This is how one finds God and goes to God.”
― Jack Hawley, The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners

“When you actively turn your thoughts to all the bad consequences of the desires as they arise in you, the passion for them gradually dries up. As your passion diminishes, your mind comes under control. Firm, dedicated faith (sraddha) brings you the raw force of determination, will.”
― Jack Hawley, The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners

“the cessation of your pain and sorrow will depend on how well you overcome your ignorance of your True Self that lives within you.”
― Jack Hawley, The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners

“Duty uncontaminated by desire leads to inner peacefulness and increased effectiveness. This is the secret art of living a life of real achievement!”
― Jack Hawley, The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners

“The refinement of an individual or a society is measured by the yardstick of how well greed and desires are controlled.”
― Jack Hawley, The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners

“Detachment is the means for rising above worldly activities and getting to a state beyond the worldly.”
― Jack Hawley, The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners

“22  “These wise ones have transcended the pairs of opposites; they are the same in success or failure, indifferent to loss or gain; they never bother to compete or compare, are free of envy, and contentedly shoulder whatever comes to them. They too are not bound by karmic consequences even though performing worldly actions.”
― Jack Hawley, The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners

“42  “O Prince, your ignorance of your True SelfWithin is the cause of your present reluctance to act, just as the opposite of ignorance, Self-knowledge, would bring fearless action. So with the sword of wisdom sever the doubts in your heart. Arise, O best of men, take your stand. Be a warrior!”
― Jack Hawley, The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners

“With their attention and life vitality flowing to Me”
― Jack Hawley, The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners

“I am the innate nature of everything. In pure water I am the sweet taste. In the sun and moon I am the radiance. In the very center of human beings I live as virility and courage. I am the sacred word Om, which designates the Divine, and I am the sound of it heard throughout the universe.”
― Jack Hawley, The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners

“Desire and anger are counterparts”
― Jack Hawley, The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners

“Look at nature. The fruit engaged in its task of ripening does not ‘renounce’ its task and sever its connection to the tree until it is fully ripe.”
― Jack Hawley, The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners

“A reservoir that is necessary during a dry spell is of little use during a flood. Similarly”
― Jack Hawley, The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners

“If you do not do your duty the tale of your dishonor will be repeated endlessly.”
― Jack Hawley, The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners

“You may grieve sincerely, Arjuna, but it is without cause. Your words may seem wise, but the truly wise one grieves neither for the living nor the dead! 12 “There has never been a time when I, or you, or any of these kings and soldiers here did not exist — and there will never be a time when we cease to exist. Physical bodies appear and disappear, but not the Atma (the soul, the life force) that lives within them.”
― Jack Hawley, The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners

“You may grieve sincerely, Arjuna, but it is without cause. Your words may seem wise, but the truly wise one grieves neither for the living nor the dead!”
― Jack Hawley, The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners

“when a family declines”
― Jack Hawley, The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners