Daily wisdom
Quotes & Gita verse of the day
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Gita verse of the day
dhyāyato viṣayān puṁsaḥ saṅgas teṣūpajāyate / saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ’bhijāyate
“When we dwell on the objects of the senses, attachment grows. From attachment comes desire, and from desire comes anger.”
Reflect: What you keep thinking about, you start to cling to. Choose your thoughts with care.
Quote of the day
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Bhagavad Gita verses
Timeless guidance from the Gita, in plain English, with the original verse.
Bhagavad Gita
yoga-sthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā dhanañjaya / siddhy-asiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṁ yoga ucyate
“Steady in yoga, do your work and let go of attachment. Stay even-minded in success and failure — this evenness of mind is called yoga.”
Reflect: Notice one moment today where you can respond to a win or a setback with the same calm.
Bhagavad Gita
mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ / āgamāpāyino ’nityās tāṁs titikṣasva bhārata
“Heat and cold, pleasure and pain come from the touch of the senses. They come and go; they do not last. Learn to bear them patiently.”
Reflect: Whatever you are feeling right now is a visitor, not a permanent resident.
Bhagavad Gita
uddhared ātmanātmānaṁ nātmānam avasādayet / ātmaiva hy ātmano bandhur ātmaiva ripur ātmanaḥ
“Lift yourself up by your own effort; do not let yourself sink down. You alone are your own friend, and you alone can be your own enemy.”
Reflect: Speak to yourself today the way a good friend would.
Bhagavad Gita
asaṁśayaṁ mahā-bāho mano durnigrahaṁ calam / abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa ca gṛhyate
“Without doubt, the mind is restless and hard to control. But with steady practice and detachment, it can be brought to rest.”
Reflect: A wandering mind is normal. Gently bringing it back is the practice.
Bhagavad Gita
yuktāhāra-vihārasya yukta-ceṣṭasya karmasu / yukta-svapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkha-hā
“For one who is moderate in eating and rest, balanced in work, and regular in sleep and waking, yoga becomes the remover of sorrow.”
Reflect: Balance is a spiritual practice. Which part of your routine needs a little more of it?
Bhagavad Gita
śreyān sva-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣṭhitāt / sva-dharme nidhanaṁ śreyaḥ para-dharmo bhayāvahaḥ
“Better to follow your own path imperfectly than another’s path perfectly. Walking someone else’s path is full of fear.”
Reflect: Stop comparing. Your path only has to be true, not identical to anyone else’s.
Bhagavad Gita
dhyāyato viṣayān puṁsaḥ saṅgas teṣūpajāyate / saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ’bhijāyate
“When we dwell on the objects of the senses, attachment grows. From attachment comes desire, and from desire comes anger.”
Reflect: What you keep thinking about, you start to cling to. Choose your thoughts with care.
Bhagavad Gita
adveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānāṁ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca / nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣamī
“One who bears ill will toward no being, who is friendly and compassionate, free of possessiveness and ego, even in pain and pleasure, and forgiving — such a person is dear to Me.”
Reflect: Offer one small act of kindness today without expecting anything back.
Bhagavad Gita
na hi jñānena sadṛśaṁ pavitram iha vidyate / tat svayaṁ yoga-saṁsiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati
“Nothing in this world purifies like true knowledge. One who is perfected in yoga discovers it within, in due time.”
Reflect: Wisdom grows slowly. Be patient with your own learning.
Words of wisdom
Short lines from philosophers and teachers to carry through your day.
Words of wisdom
“People are disturbed not by things, but by the views they take of them.”
Words of wisdom
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Words of wisdom
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Words of wisdom
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”
Words of wisdom
“One swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day.”
Words of wisdom
“Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.”
Words of wisdom
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”
Words of wisdom
“Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought.”
Words of wisdom
“Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached.”
Words of wisdom
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.”