It is a good and gentle religion but inconvenient

Abandon all attachment to the results of action and attain supreme peace The Bhagavad Gita

The greatest formula that can liberate cleanse and elevate the mind is Rama-Name the Name of Rama

The awakened sages call a person wise when all his undertakings are free from anxiety about results The Bhagavad Gita

Rama for you should mean the Path He trod the ideal He held aloft and the Ordinance He laid down They are eternal and timeless

The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and genuine compassion for all beings

The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon nor burned by fire nor moistened by water nor withered by the wind The Bhagavad Gita

He alone sees truly who sees the Lord the same in every creature seeing the same Lord everywhere he does not harm himself or others The Bhagavad Gita

No one should abandon duties because he sees defects in them Every action every activity is surrounded by defects as a fire is surrounded by smoke The Bhagavad Gita

It is better to perform one s own duties imperfectly than to master the duties of another By fulfilling the obligations he is born with a person never comes to grief The Bhagavad Gita

It is better to strive in one s own dharma than to succeed in the dharma of another Nothing is ever lost in following one s own dharma But competition in another s dharma breeds fear and insecurity

One man may read the Bhagavata by the light of a lamp and another may commit a forgery by that very light; but the lamp is unaffected The sun sheds its light on the wicked as well as on the virtuous

The result of pious action is pure and is said to be in the mode of goodness But action done in the mode of passion results in misery and action performed in the mode of ignorance results in foolishness The Bhagavad Gita

Reshape yourself through the power of your will br> Those who have conquered themselves live in peace alike in cold and heat pleasure and pain praise and blame To such people a clod of dirt a stone and gold are the same Because they are impartial they rise to great heights The Bhagavad Gita