![]() Offering performed karma to Isvara because He is in the form of that karma.Performing to-be-done karma (svakarma) diligently. ![]() I feel a number of these sattvika qualities boil down to an attitude of karma yoga, viz. I have compiled these verses and am sharing in this post, hoping that it will be of use to others too. This practice has been helpful as it serves as a reminder for how I must act. ”įollowing his advice I compiled the list along with meanings and some notes where I felt necessary, gleaning from Swamiji’s Home study course and Sankara Bhashyam and have been reading and reflecting on them daily. All spiritual practices are meant for this only. Make them your own even by faking or acting them out. They are the attitudes and behaviors you must cultivate in order to make them your own. In one of his Gita classes, Swami Dayanandaji gave an advice to students which is paraphrased as follows: “Compile a list of all Gita verses in chapters 17 and 18 that talk of attitudes and behaviors connected with Sattva Guna. On similar lines, distributed in chapters 17 and 18 are various attitudes and behaviors associated with sattva guna. ![]() In chapter 16 we find daivi sampada starting with abhayam sattvasamshuddhi (अभयं सत्त्वसंशुद्धिः), etc. In chapter 14 are gunatita lakshanas starting with prakasham cha pravruttim cha. (प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च), na dvesti… na kankshati (न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति) etc. ![]() In chapter 13 are given jnana sadhanas starting with amaanitvam adambhitvam (अमानित्वं अदम्भित्वम्), etc. In chapter 12 we have bhakta lakshanas starting with adveshtaa sarvabhutanaam (अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां), etc. We find in chapter 2 sthitaprajna lakshanas starting with dukheshu anudvignamanaah (दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः), etc. In commenting upon such verses, Sankaracharya states that the natural attitudes or behaviors of a self-realized person are important to know because they are sadhanas for mumukshus. Swami Akhandanandaji Maharaj points this out in his book, “ Sadhana aur Brahmanubhuti”.Īt multiple places in the Gita, we find lists of qualities that describe a self-realized person. One of the unique features of Bhagavad Gita among other moksha shastras such as Upanishads, is that it deals extensively with the sadhanas for moksha in addition to the subject of moksha itself. ![]()
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