Category: Bhagavad Gita

BRL 063: Atma Rati is the Way

Recorded India 2017

Bhagavad Gita 3.17

yas tv ātma-ratir eva syād
ātma-tṛptaś ca mānavaḥ
ātmany eva ca santuṣṭas
tasya kāryaḿ na vidyate

Translation

But for one who takes pleasure in the self, whose human life is one of self-realization, and who is satisfied in the self only, fully satiated—for him there is no duty.

BRL 019: By virtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision. Bhagavadgita 5.18

Lectures from Bhagavad Gita 5.18

Recorded Berlin 12 06 2001

vidyā-vinaya-sampanne
brāhmaṇe gavi hastini
śuni caiva śva-pāke ca
paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ
The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater [outcaste].