Bhagavad Gita On Most Esteemed Devotee
Because he is devoted to Me only.
In union with Me, he is convinced that I am his Supreme Goal.
The wise man after having struggled through many lives,
Acquires through discrimination the knowledge,
That everything is Vasudeva (Brahman),
And thus take refuge in Me.
Such a great soul is very rare.
Bhagavad Gita on why no improvement is seen even after attending spiritual programs?
Why Bhagavad Gita advises not to revel in sense pleasures?
Even an average intelligent man, if he cares to investigate his own experiences with the outer world, will discover, all by himself, that joy-hunting among finite objects is no profitable preoccupation. The law of diminishing returns works in all our experiences and the very thing that gave a certain unit of joy in the beginning, itself soon becomes a stinking putrefying pit of sorrow.Is a jnani different from a yogi? What is the difference?
Ramana Maharshi: Bhagavad Gita says that a jnani is the true yogi and also a true bhakta. Yoga is only a sadhana and jnana is the siddhi.
Is yoga necessary?
Ramana Maharshi: It is a sadhana. It will not be necessary after jnana is attained. All the sadhanas are called yogas, e.g., karma yoga, bhakti yoga, jnana yoga, ashtanga yoga. What is yoga! Yoga means 'union'. Yoga is possible only when there is 'viyoga' (separation). The person is now under the delusion of viyoga. This delusion-must be removed. The method of removing it is called yoga.
What is action? What is inaction?
Even the wise are deluded as to this. I shall teach thee such action, by knowing which thou shall be liberated from evil. (Gita Chapter IV 16)
He who can see inaction in action, who can also see action in inaction, he is wise among men, he is devout, he is the performer of all action. (Gita Chapter IV 17)
Having abandoned attachment for the fruits of actions, ever content, dependent on none, though engaged in actions, nothing at all does he do. (Gita Chapter IV 18)