Equality

Treat pleasure and pain equally, gain and loss equally, victory and defeat equally — then engage in battle. In this way you will not incur sin.

I am equally disposed toward all beings; none is hateful to Me, none is dear; yet those who worship Me with devotion — they are in Me and I am in them.

One who sees everywhere the same — whether in joy or in suffering — by likening others to oneself, O Arjuna, that yogi is held to be the highest.

The one whose self is yoked in yoga, seeing equally in all directions, beholds the self abiding in all beings and all beings abiding in the self.

The truly learned see with equal vision a brahmin adorned with learning and humility, a cow, an elephant, and even a dog or an outcaste who cooks dogs.

Kabir would say, 'The God with form is my Mother, and the formless God is my Father. Who should I blame or worship? Both sides of the scale are equal.'

For even those born of sinful wombs — women, Vaiśyas, and Śūdras — taking refuge in Me, they too reach the highest destination.

One who holds equal vision toward the well-wisher, the friend, the enemy, the indifferent, the neutral, the hateful, the kin, the virtuous, and the sinful — that person stands above all.

Even here in this life, rebirth is conquered by those whose minds are established in equanimity. Brahman is flawless and equal — therefore they abide in Brahman.

Salutations to the Guru — by whose knowledge the universe is no longer seen as fractured into separate parts, who is ever one, whose form is forever the same undivided wholeness.

He is also emancipated who looks upon life and death, pleasure and pain, gain and loss, and agreeable and disagreeable things with an equal mind.

The nature of Brahman is characterized by absolute calm, passivity, purity, and equality within, and sovereign and inexhaustible activity outside.

There is no difference between Gnosis and Devotion; both are equally effective in relieving the sufferings of birth and death

Those who consider both criticism and praise as equal, and who have dedicated their lives to my feet, are dear to me as my own life. They are the embodiment of noble qualities and bliss.

One who remains unaffected by the allure of women, stays vigilant even in the darkest night of anger, and is not entangled in greed, is equal to you, O Lord of Raghus.

Listen, you unfortunate one: a younger brother's wife, a sister, a daughter-in-law, and one's own daughter - these four are to be treated with equal respect.

Treat your subjects with kindness in thought, word, and deed, and serve your mothers with equal respect.

A moment of separation from my lord is equal to a hundred years of suffering, and all the pleasures of the world cannot compensate for it.

Yudhishthira said, 'It's been said that abandoning someone devoted is infinitely sinful, equal to the sin of killing a Brahmin.

Millions of sages have risen to Heaven with the help of their penances alone. Refraining from harming all creatures, contentment, conduct, sincerity, penances, self-control, truthfulness, and generosity are each equal in value to sacrifice.