BHAGVAD GITA

But for him who regulates his food and recreation, who is balanced in action, in sleep and
in waking, it shall dispel all unhappiness.


When the mind, completely controlled, is centered in the Self, and free from all earthly
desires, then is the man truly spiritual.


The wise man who has conquered his mind and is absorbed in the Self is as a lamp which
does not flicker, since it stands sheltered from every wind.


There, where the whole nature is seen in the light of the Self, where the man abides within
his Self and is satisfied there, its functions restrained by its union with the Divine, the
mind finds rest.


When he enjoys the Bliss which passes sense, and which only the Pure Intellect can grasp,
when he comes to rest within his own highest Self, never again will he stray from reality.


Finding That, he will realise that there is no possession so precious. And when once
established here, no calamity can disturb him.


This inner severance from the affliction of misery is spirituality. It should be practised
with determination and with a heart which refuses to be depressed.


Renouncing every desire which imagination can conceive, controlling the senses at every
point by the power of mind;


Little by little, by the help of his reason controlled by fortitude, let him attain peace; and,
fixing his mind on the Self, let him not think of any other thing.


When the volatile and wavering mind would wander, let him restrain it and bring it again
to its allegiance to the Self.


Supreme Bliss is the lot of the sage, whose mind attains Peace, whose passions subside,
who is without sin, and who becomes one with the Absolute.


Thus, free from sin, abiding always in the Eternal, the saint enjoys without effort the Bliss
which flows from realisation of the Infinite.


He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his
own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye;


He who sees Me in everything and everything in Me, him shall I never forsake, nor shall
he lose Me.


The sage who realises the unity of life and who worships Me in all beings, lives in Me,
whatever may be his lot.


O Arjuna! He is the perfect saint who, taught by the likeness within himself, sees the same
Self everywhere, whether the outer form be pleasurable or painful.


Arjuna said: I do not see how I can attain this state of equanimity which Thou has revealed,
owing to the restlessness of my mind.