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VI - Path of Meditation
Lord Krishna said: One does not become a renunciant by merely not lighting the fire, or by abstaining from work. (6.01) For the wise, who
seek to attain equanimity of mind, selfless service is said to be the means. Equanimity leads to Self-realization. (6.02) One attains
perfection by renouncing attachment to the fruit of work, and to selfish desire. (6.04) One can elevate or degrade oneself by one's own
mind. The mind becomes a friend to the one who has control over it, and an enemy to the one who is controlled by the mind. (6.05-06)
Perceive the same Self (or spirit) abiding in every being, and all beings abiding in the Self. (6.29) Those who see Me in everything and
see everything in Me, are not separated from Me and I am not separated from them. (6.30) Undoubtedly, O Arjuna, the mind is restless and
very difficult to control, but it can be subdued by sincere spiritual practice and by detachment. (6.35)
Arjuna said: The faithful one who deviates from the path of meditation due to an un-subdued mind --- what is the destination of such a
person, O Krishna? (6.37) Does he not perish like a dispersing cloud, O Krishna, having lost both heavenly and worldly pleasures, without
support and bewildered on the path to Self-realization? (6.38)
Lord Krishna said: There is no destruction, O Arjuna, for the one who tries to attain perfection either here or hereafter. A
transcendentalist is never put to grief, My dear friend. (6.40) The less evolved unsuccessful one is reborn in the house of the pious and
prosperous after attaining heaven and living there for many years. The highly evolved unsuccessful one does not go to heaven, but is born
in a spiritually advanced family. A birth like that is very difficult to obtain in this world. (6.41-2) There, one regains the knowledge
acquired in previous life, and strives again to achieve perfection, O Arjuna. (6.43) The most devoted of all is the one who lovingly
remembers Me with faith, and whose mind is ever absorbed in Me. (6.47)
Abbreviated By Harry Bhalla.
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