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The Bhagavad Gita1468
Buddhi, or Understanding or Intellect; Avyaktam, the unseen Vital Force;
the eleven Indriyas, or sense-centers; and the five Indriya-gochar, or
sense-organs; then cometh Ichha and Dwesha, or Love and Hatred; Sukha
and Dukha, or Pleasure and Pain; Chetana, or Sensibility; and Dhrita, or
Firmness. These, Arjuna, constitute the Personal Self—the Known—and its
characteristics.
“Spiritual Wisdom consists in freedom from Self-esteem or Hypocrisy,
or Injury to Others. It inculcates Patience; Rectitude; Respect for Teachers
and Masters; Chastity; Steadfastness; Self-control; Freedom from Senseattachments;
Freedom from Pride and Vainglory in the Personal Self; It
brings a constant realization of the true nature of Birth and Death; Sickness
and Decay; Pain and Imperfection. It also brings with it the loosening of
the bonds of attachment in the personal relation between the possessor of
Wisdom and his wife, children and home. It brings a constant equanimity
and balance of mind and temper, notwithstanding the nature of the passing
or occurring event, or whether it be desired or non-desirable.
“Such Wisdom also brings to its possessor a desire for unfailing and
unrelaxing worship and devotion:—worship in private places and secluded
spots; and a corresponding distaste for crowds of men. Likewise bringeth
it a love of the Spirit which pervadeth all things; and the meditation upon
the nature of Wisdom, and the goal awaiting its possessor, or traveller upon
its path. This is what is called by philosophers, Dnyana, or Knowledge, as
contrasted with Adnyana, or Ignorance.
“Now, will I inform thee what is called Dneya, or the Object of Wisdom, for
the right knowledge and understanding of which thou shalt enjoy Immortality.
This Object of Wisdom is that which the teachers and philosophers call
Brahma, or Universal Life. The Universal Life hath no beginning, and can be
called neither Being nor yet Non-Being. In the midst of the world it dwelleth,
and envelopeth all the universe even to its utmost ends. In itself free from
every organ and sense, yet doth it manifest through every organ and sense
in all the universe. Unattached and free, it containeth all things within its