Bhagavad Gita 18.51
बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्याऽऽत्मानं नियम्य च।शब्दादीन् विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च॥
buddhyā viśhuddhayā yukto dhṛityātmānaṁ niyamya cha śhabdādīn viṣhayāns tyaktvā rāga-dveṣhau vyudasya cha
Translation
United to this Reason, purified, controlling the self by firmness, having abandoned sound and the other objects of the senses, having laid aside passion and malice,
What it means
Endowed with a pure intellect, controlling the self with firmness, abandoning sound and the other sense objects, casting off attraction and aversion. The final ascent is by letting go. Each clause removes another tether.
Try this today
The ascent's conditions: purified judgment, steady grip, senses released, likes and dislikes set down.
Something to reflect on
Which tether - a sound, a like, a dislike - would loosen me most if set down?
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