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The Bhagavad Gita1496
Having purified his mind, and cleared his understanding; having mastered
his personal self by firm resolution, and having forsaken the objects of sense;
having delivered himself from desire, dislike, and passion; worshipping
with intelligent discretion and understanding; eating with moderation and
temperance; with controlled speech, body and mind; being well practiced
in meditation and concentration; being dispassionate; having freed
himself from ostentation, egotism, tyranny, vain-glory, lust, anger, avarice,
covetousness, and selfishness—possessing calmness and peace, amidst the
feverish unrest of the world around him—such a man is fitted to enter into
the consciousness of the Universal Life.
“And, having thus entered into this Universal Life Consciousness, he
obtaineth absolute peace of mind, and he no longer wondereth, longeth, nor
lamenteth. The same to all beings and things—and all beings and things the
same to him—he attaineth Supreme Devotion to Me. And by this devotion
to Me, gaineth he the fundamental knowledge of what I Am in Essence. And
having known what is My Essence, he entereth, without hindrance or further
obstacle, into My Being.
“Know, also, O Prince, that a man being engaged in any or every work—
performing any or all actions—with faith, and devotion, and confidence in
Me—placing his faith, and hope and confidence and mind upon Me and
Me alone—he shall find his way to Me, and I to him. Then, O Arjuna, Well-
Beloved, place thou thy heart, and soul and mind upon Me. Perform all thy
acts, and work, and duty, for Me—place upon Me each and every one of
them. Make me thy supreme choice and preference; and with the light of
thine unfolded understanding, do thou think earnestly and constantly of
Me. And by so doing, shalt thou, through my Divine Love, surmount and
conquer every difficulty which doth surround and encompass all mortals.
“But, beware, lest in the pride of Personality thou heedst not My words
and teachings, for if thou so failst in thy understanding and discrimination,
then shalt thou escape Me, and I thee.