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Bhagavad Gita - Book 17, Volume 2

POWERFUL COGNITION

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If we worship the right ideal, we are established in satva.

Nithyananda

सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत ।
श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः
॥ १७-३॥

sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati
bhārata śraddhāmayo’yam puruṣo yo
yacchraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ

O Arjuna, the authenticity of each is in
accordance with one's own natural
disposition. One is known by one's
authenticity. One can become whatever
one wants to be

Lord Shiva young form

POWERFUL COGNITION

The key is to be in the space of completion every moment

Portrait of young Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam

17.4

यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः ।
प्रेतान्भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः
॥ १७-४॥

yajante sāttvikā devān yakṣarakṣāṁsi
rājasāḥ pretān-bhūta-gaṇāṁś cānye
yajante tāmasā janāḥ

Men in the nature of goodness
worship the deities; those in the
nature of aggression worship the
demons and those in the nature of
ignorance worship ghosts and spirits

POWERFUL COGNITION

Only a person whose nature is pure goodness can connect with the Divine, with Existence

अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः ।
दम्भाहङ्कारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः
॥ १७-५॥

aśāstravihitaṁ ghoraṁ tapyante ye tapo
janāḥ dambhāhaṅkārasaṁyuktāḥ
kāmarāgabalanvitāḥ

Ignorant persons of demonic nature are those who practice severe austerities without following the prescription of the scriptures, who are full of hypocrisy and egotism, who are impelled

Paramashiva

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The body is the temple of God.

Nithyananda Paramashivam
Nithyananda Paramashivam in traditional attire and ornaments

कर्शयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः ।
मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान्
॥ १७-६ ॥

karśayantaḥ śarīrasthaṁ
bhūtagrāmamacetasaḥ māṁ caivāntaḥ
śarīrasthaṁ tān viddhy āsura-niścayān

by the force of desire and attachment
and who senselessly torture the elements
in their body and also Me who dwells
within the body

POWERFUL COGNITION

There is no need for all this penance.

A digitally rendered avatar of a spiritual teacher adorned with rudraksha beads and traditional markings, seated on an ornate silver throne.

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