Every Act Performed in Higher Consciousness Without Expectations Leads to Spiritual Progress यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धन: | तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसङ्ग: समाचर || 3.9|| yajñārthāt karmaṇo ’nyatra loko ’yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥ tad-arthaṁ karma kaunteya mukta-saṅgaḥ samāchara|| 3.9|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 3- Ver. 9: Work must be performed as a yajna (sacrifice) to the Supreme Lord; […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Equanimity Leads to Disinterest in the Worldly Matters यदा ते मोहकलिलं बुद्धिर्व्यतितरिष्यति | तदा गन्तासि निर्वेदं श्रोतव्यस्य श्रुतस्य च || 2.52|| yadā te moha-kalilaṁ buddhir vyatitariṣhyati tadā gantāsi nirvedaṁ śhrotavyasya śhrutasya cha|| 2.52|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 52: You will become indifferent to what has been heard and what […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) To Evolve Above Dualities & Attachment One Should Always be in Divine Consciousness योगस्थ: कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय | सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्यो: समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते || 2.48|| yoga-sthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā dhanañjaya siddhy-asiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṁ yoga uchyate|| 2.48|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 48: O Dhananjaya, take […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Working Without Attachment or From a State of Higher Consciousness Is Beneficial Spiritually and Materially नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते | स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात् || 2.40|| nehābhikrama-nāśho ’sti pratyavāyo na vidyate svalpam apyasya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt|| 2.40|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 40: There is no loss or […]
Explanation The nature of the human body is that it is born, and then grows, then reproduces and then starts to deteriorate and then when one day turns to ashes. It is the same for all life, because the Self (Atma) is neither a body nor a collection of material elements; it has neither birth […]