Living in Wisdom, from the Gita
Living in Wisdom The Bhagavad Gita Passages for Meditation Arjuna : Tell me of those who live in wisdom, Ever aware of the Self, O Krishna; How do they talk, how sit, how move about? Sri Krishna: They live in wisdom Who see themselves in all and all in them, Whose love for the Lord of Love has consumed Every selfish desire and sense craving Tormenting the heart. Not agitated By grief or hankering after pleasure, They live free from lust and fear and anger. Fettered no more by selfish attachments, They are not elated by good fortune Nor depressed by bad. Such are the seers. Even as a tortoise draws in its limbs, The wise can draw in their senses at will. Aspirants abstain from sense pleasures, But they still crave for them. These cravings all Disappear when they see the Lord of Love. For even of those who tread the path, The stormy senses can sweep off the mind. But they live in wisdom who subdue them And keep their minds ever absorbed in me. Whe