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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16

POWERFUL COGNITION

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These are qualities that you express when you are focused not on your own self but on others.

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16.2

अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम् ।
दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम्
॥१६-२॥

ahiṁsā satyam akrodhas tyāgaḥ śāntir
apaiśunam dayā bhūteṣv aloluptvaṁ
mārdavaṁ hrīracāpalam

Nithyananda seated on throne

Non-violence, truthfulness, freedom
from anger, renunciation, tranquility,
aversion to fault finding, compassion
for all living entities, freedom from
covetousness, gentleness, modesty,
studied determination

POWERFUL COGNITION

These are enriching qualities that naturally express from completion not compulsion.

Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam
Krishna

16.3

तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता ।
भवन्ति सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातस्य भारत
॥ १६-३॥

tejaḥ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ śaucam adroho
nātimānitā bhavanti sampadaṁ daivīm
abhijātasya bhārata vigor,

More forgiveness, fortitude, cleanliness, freedom from envy, and from the passion of honor, these transcendental qualities, O Son of Bhārata (Arjuna), belong to divine men, endowed with divine nature

POWERFUL COGNITION

Again and again, Masters prove that they are not better beings; they are totally transformed beings.

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