There was never a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor any of these kings. Nor is there any future in which we shall cease to be.

Actions do not cling to me because I am not attached to their results. Those who understand this and practise it live in freedom.

This does not mean, however, that the phenomenal world is an illusion or unreal. The illusion is the sense of separateness.

Krishna introduces the idea that it is not enough to master all selfish desires; it is also necessary to subdue possessiveness and egocentricity.

His judgment will be better and his vision clear if he is not emotionally entangled in the outcome of what he does.

The very heart of Gita’s message is to see the Lord in every creature and act accordingly,

Just as the dweller in this body passes through childhood, youth and old age, so at death, he merely passes into another kind of body. The wise are not deceived by that.

The immature think that knowledge and action are different, but the wise see them as the same.

death is no more traumatic than taking off an old coat

Those established in Self-realization control their senses instead of letting their senses control them.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. We are made of our thoughts; we are moulded by our thoughts.

The true goal of action is knowledge of the Self.

The wise unify their consciousness and abandon attachment to the fruits of action.

Selfish action imprisons the world. Act selflessly, without any thought of personal profit.

Reshape yourself through the power of your will; never let yourself be degraded by self-will.

we never really encounter the world; all we experience is our own nervous system.

Performing the duty prescribed by nature, one incurred no sin.

Feelings of heat and cold, pleasure and pain, are caused by the contact of the senses with their objects. They come and they go, everlasting long. You must accept them.

It is Nature that causes all movement. Deluded by the ego, the fool harbours the perception that says “I did it”