The Yoga of Devotion

Arjuna asked: Between those devotees who are always steadfast in worshiping you in your…

The Supreme Lord said: Those who fix their minds on me, who worship me with steadfast…

But those who worship the imperishable, indefinable, unmanifest, all-pervading,…

Controlling all their senses, maintaining equanimity everywhere, and engaged in the…

For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifest, the path is much more difficult

But those who surrender all their actions to me, who regard me as the supreme goal, who…

For those whose minds are fixed on me, O Partha, I swiftly become the deliverer from the…

Fix your mind on me alone, place your intellect in me

If you are unable to fix your mind steadily on me, then seek to reach me through the yoga…

If you are unable even to practice regularly, then devote yourself to performing actions…

If you are unable to do even this, then take refuge in my yoga and renounce the fruits of…

Knowledge is indeed better than mechanical practice; meditation is superior to knowledge;…

One who is free from malice toward all beings, who is friendly and compassionate, free…

Always content, self-controlled, firm in conviction, with mind and intellect dedicated to…

One by whom the world is not agitated and who is not agitated by the world, who is free…

One who is free from expectations, pure, skillful, impartial, free from distress, and who…

One who neither rejoices nor hates, neither grieves nor desires, who has renounced both…

One who is equal toward enemy and friend, and also in honor and dishonor, equal in cold…

One who regards blame and praise equally, who is silent and reflective, content with…

Those who follow this nectar of dharma as declared by me, with faith, regarding me as…