The Blessed Lord said: Fearlessness, purity of being, steadfastness in knowledge-yoga, charity, self-restraint, sacrifice, scriptural study, austerity, and uprightness —
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The Bhagavad Gita, translated and commentated by S. Radhakrishnan, is one of the most scholarly and accessible English renderings of Hinduism's most beloved scripture — the dialogue between Arjuna and Lord Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Radhakrishnan, philosopher and statesman, brings both rigorous intellectual insight and genuine spiritual depth to his translation and notes. This edition is treasured for its ability to illuminate the Gita's universal spiritual teaching across cultural and philosophical boundaries.
- Author
- Krishna
- Tradition
- Hindu
- Source text
- Bhagavad Gita
- Chapter
- Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 16
- Verse / page
- BG.16.1
- Topics
- VirtuesGood CharacterSpiritual Excellence
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Brahman is beyond knowledge and ignorance, virtue and vice, merit and demerit, cleanliness and uncleanliness.
Deadly sin is a breach of nature that leads to spiritual death, inner turmoil, and a loss of power and spiritual sight. It also leads to a loss of goodness and virtue, and ultimately, to hell.
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but it is also the foundation of all other virtues.
The word is humility, the virtue is forgiveness, and the chant is a sweet tongue. If you embody these three, sister, you will surely enchant your lord.
Nanak says, the one who is without attributes, yet has all the attributes, bestows virtues