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The Bhagavad Gita1464
“The path of those who are attracted by Me as the Absolute and
Unmanifest is much harder to travel than is that of those who worship Me
as God manifest, and having form. This Absolute conception is most difficult
of realization to the finite mind of man. It is most difficult for the visible to
realize the invisible—the finite, the infinite—the possessor of qualities and
attributes, that which hath neither but yet is above both.
“And, this also, say I to thee, O Arjuna, that those also who, fixing their
minds solely upon me, and seeing in Me the Actor of actions, worship Me
single-mindedly without fear or hope of reward, them too shall I raise up
from the ocean of change and mortality.
“Place thy mind firmly upon Me, O Prince, and let thine understanding
penetrate into My being, and then, of a truth, shalt thou enter into Me,
hereafter. But if thou art not able to hold thy mind firmly fixed upon Me,
Arjuna, then seek to reach Me by the path of Practice and Discipline. And if
even by Practice and Discipline thou art still unable to attain, then shalt thou
seek me by the path of Service through Right Action. For by the performance
of Right Actions, solely for My sake, shalt thou then attain perfection.
“And, if even this last task shall be beyond thy powers, then shalt thou
follow the path of Renunciation, and putting thy trust earnestly upon Me,
renounce thou the fruit of every action.
“Better, truly, is Wisdom and Knowledge than Practice and Discipline; and
Meditation is still better than even Knowledge; and Renunciation is better
than Meditation, for Renunciation of the fruits of action bringeth peace and
satisfaction.
“Verily, I say unto Thee, that he is very dear and near to Me, who harboreth
no malice or ill-will to any being or thing; who is the friend and lover of all
Nature, who is merciful, free from pride and vanity and selfishness; who is
undisturbed by pleasure or pain, being balanced in each; who is patient
under wrongs and injustice and who is forgiving, contented, ever devout,
with mind, senses and passions ever under control, and whose mind and
understanding is ever fixed upon Me.