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The Bhagavad Gita1440
upon aught else—if there be to him a greater god, material or otherwise,
than Me—to that god of materiality, or super-materiality, goeth that man.
Each goeth to that which is his Ruling Passion, strong even in the hour of
death. Therefore, make Me thy Ruling Passion, even unto the hour of death,
and then fight the fight that is before thee.
“With thy mind and understanding fixed firmly upon Me, of a certainty
shalt thou come to Me. To the Spirit goeth he, who, setting aside all other
desire, liveth the life of the Spirit by constant Right Thinking and Right
Action; to the Spirit goeth he who is of the Spirit.
“He who thinketh, with enlightened mind, of the Eternal as the All Wise,
the All Powerful, the infinitely small, the infinitely large—the underlying
sustainer of all—the invisible essence,—the opposer of darkness—with a
mind fixed steadily upon the task, and with his vital powers devoted to the
one end—passeth to the Spirit Divine and Imperishable.
“There is a Path to Spirit, which those well-learned in the Vedas, (or Sacred
Writings,) call the Imperishable.—that Path upon which the strong men, who
have mastered their minds and controlled their passions, seek to tread—
that Path which is chosen by those who take the vow of continence, and
asceticism, and godly study and thought. Listen, and I will inform thee of
this Path.
“Close tightly those gates of the body, which men call the avenues of the
senses. Concentrate thy mind upon thine inner self. Let thine ‘I’ dwell, in full
strength, within its abode, not seeking to move outward. Stand firm, fortified
by thy Yogi power, and repeat in The Silence, the mystic syllable ‘Aum’ (the
symbol of My Being as Creator, Preserver, and Destroyer, according to the
letters or sounds thereof). Then, faithful to this, when thou quittest thy
mortal frame, with thy thoughts fixed upon Me, shalt thou pass on to the
Path of Supreme Bliss.
“He who thinketh constantly and fixedly of Me, O Prince, letting not his
mind ever stray toward another object, will be able to find Me without
overmuch trouble—yea, he will find me, will that devoted one.