"Dwelling in solitude, eating lightly, with speech, body, and…" — Krishna

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Dwelling in solitude, eating lightly, with speech, body, and mind restrained, ever absorbed in the yoga of meditation, established in detachment —

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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 18
Verse / page: BG.18.52
Topics: Meditation Detachment Self-Discipline

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Serve, love, give, purify, meditate, and realize

And don't interfere with forms, meditations, and imaginings, or any kind of reasoning, lest your soul becomes disturbed and loses its contentment and peace, leading to feelings of dislike and aversion.

Whosoever makes his mind the dwelling place for God, remembers it for ever, he receives the real happiness. If the mind concentrates on God, one receives joy that is free from pains.

Having reached that state, one finds their haven in the contemplation of Eternal Beauty, and no longer in worldly pleasures.