22nd September 2024
Our actions are a reflection of our values. We cannot pretend to be good while having evil tendencies. Ravana maintained his disguise as a mendicant only until he took Sita away.
Lord Krishna enumerates twenty values that are essential for spiritual progress. The first set of values includes humility, unpretentiousness, non-injury, forbearance, sincerity, service of the teacher, cleanliness, steadiness, and control of the body and organs.
These values may not bring us material wealth, but they make our lives valuable. Focusing on the goal of liberation, a seeker should consciously cultivate and improve on each of these values gradually by practicing them in every situation.
Lord Krishna further adds that non-attachment to objects of the senses and the absence of egotism are important, as well as seeing the evil in birth, death, old age, diseases, and miseries.
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