Amanitvam adambhitvam ahimsa kshantir arjavam, acharyopasanam shaucham sthairyam atma-vinigrahah
Humility, unpretentiousness, non-violence, forgiveness, simplicity, approaching a bona fide spiritual master, cleanliness, steadiness, and self-control.
Key Teachings
- •Cultivate essential spiritual virtues
- •Character development is foundational
- •Practice humility and self-control
Kshetra-jnam chapi mam viddhi sarva-kshetreshu bharata, kshetra-kshetrajnayor jnanam yat taj jnanam matam mama
O Arjuna, understand that I am the knower of the field in all fields. Knowledge of the field and its knower I regard as true knowledge.
Key Teachings
- •God is the witness in all beings
- •Understanding self and body is wisdom
- •The divine knower pervades all
Jneyam yat tat pravakshyami yaj jnatvamrtam ashnute, anadimat param brahma na sat tan nasad ucyate
I shall now describe that which is to be known, knowing which one attains immortality. It is beginningless supreme Brahman, which is said to be neither being nor non-being.
Key Teachings
- •Knowledge of Brahman leads to immortality
- •The absolute transcends categories
- •Beyond existence and non-existence
Yavat sanjayate kinchit sattvam sthavara-jangamam, kshetra-kshetrajña-samyogat tad viddhi bharatarshabha
Know, O Arjuna, that whatever being, moving or non-moving, is born, it is from the union between the field and the knower of the field.
Key Teachings
- •All creation stems from consciousness and matter
- •The interplay of spirit and material
- •Understanding the basis of existence