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Universality

2 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on universality. Explore teachings across 2 chapters.

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Suhrn-mitraryudasina-madhyastha-dveshya-bandhuসhu, sadhushv api cha papeshu sama-buddhir vishishyate

Those who are of equal vision to friends, companions, enemies, strangers, mediators, the hateful, relatives, saints, and sinners, are considered to be most elevated.

  • Equal vision toward all beings
  • Transcend partiality and prejudice
  • True spirituality is universal
sariravangmanobhir yat karma prarabhate narah nyayyam va viparitam va pancaite tasya hetavah

Whatever action a person undertakes with body, speech, or mind — whether right or wrong — these five are its causes. This applies universally to all human activity, ethical or unethical, sacred or mundane.

  • All actions of body, speech, and mind share the same fivefold causal structure
  • Both righteous and unrighteous actions are governed by these five causes
  • This understanding applies without exception to every form of human activity