Bhagavad Gita Quotes: Best Motivational Sayings From the Hindu Dharma Granth Gita

Srimad Bhagvad Gita acts as a guide to help us in leading a meaningful life as it compiles various beliefs, values, and disciplines that are important to the conduct of a good life.

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The Bhagavad Gita, which means “Songs of the Blessed Lord,” is better known as Gita. Basically, a Hindu scripture rendered in Sanskrit has become the go-to-guide for individuals who refer to this profound religious texture as a source of spiritual truth and wisdom. Also Read: Looking For A Vacation Next Year? Check List Of Holidays In 2021 The Bhagavad Gita is a compilation of 700 verses during the time of mythological battle at Kurukshetra that took place between Arjuna and his brothers on one side and their cousins on the other. At that time, the divine charioteer to the warrior Lord Kṛiṣṇa, who is an incarnation of Vishnu, one of the central figure in Hinduism, offered answers to several dilemmas faced by Arjuna and the discourse has become the integral part of Gita. Gita acts as a guide to help us in leading a meaningful life as it compiles various beliefs, values, and disciplines that are important to the conduct of a good life. We all face conflicts in our day-to-day life including attachment, conflict of motives, ethics, sense of duty, and misgivings from right actions. Here are some prominent quotes from Gita that you can imbibe in your life.

1. It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection. 2. In this world three gates lead to hell — the gates of passion, anger and greed. Released from these three qualities one can succeed in attaining salvation and reaching the highest goal. 3. Change is the law of the universe. You can be a millionaire, or a pauper in an instant. 4. Those who eat too much or eat too little, who sleep too much or sleep too little, will not succeed in meditation. But those who are temperate in eating and sleeping, work and recreation, will come to the end of sorrow through meditation. 5. Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.

" In this world three gates lead to hell — the gates of passion, anger and greed. Released from these three qualities one can succeed in attaining salvation and reaching the highest goal. "

-Srimad Bhagvad Gita

6. One should strive and employ oneself to uplift oneself. One should never dishonor oneself. The self is one’s friend as well as one’s enemy. 7. He who has faith has wisdom; Who lives in self-harmony, Whose faith is his life; And he who finds wisdom, Soon finds the peace Supreme. 8. Reshape yourself through the power of your will. 9. When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place. 10. The Mind Acts Like An Enemy For Those Who Do Not Control It