Bhagavad Gita 16.1
अभयं सत्त्वसंशुद्धिः ज्ञानयोगव्यवस्थितिः। दानं दमश्च यज्ञश्च स्वाध्यायस्तप आर्जवम्॥
śhrī-bhagavān uvācha abhayaṁ sattva-sanśhuddhir jñāna-yoga-vyavasthitiḥ dānaṁ damaśh cha yajñaśh cha svādhyāyas tapa ārjavam
Translation
The Blessed Lord said: Fearlessness, cleanness of life, steadfastness in the Yoga of wisdom, almsgiving, self-restraint and sacrifice and study of the Scriptures, austerity and straightforwardness,
What it means
Fearlessness, purity of heart, steadfastness in the yoga of knowledge, charity, self-restraint, sacrifice, study of scripture, austerity, uprightness: the divine inventory begins. These are not rules but a temperament, the default settings of a liberating nature.
Try this today
The divine inheritance list begins - and it starts with fearlessness, before any other virtue.
Something to reflect on
Which comes first in my practice - fearlessness or technique?
Read it in Yathora