Spirituality and Materialism (Daivasura sampat Vibhaga Yoga)

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THE BLESSED LORD SAID:

 

1. Fearlessness, purity of heart, steadfastness in knowledge and Yoga;

alms-giving, self-restraint and worship, study of one's own (scriptures),

austerity, uprightness;

 

2. Harmlessness, truth, absence of anger, renunciation, serenity, absence of

calumny, compassion to creatures, un-covetousness, gentleness, modesty, absence

of fickleness;

 

3. Energy, forgiveness; fortitude, purity, absence of hatred, absence of pride;

these belong to one born for a divine lot, O Bharata.

 

4. Ostentation, arrogance and self-conceit, anger as also insolence and

ignorance, belong to one who is born, O Partha, for a demoniac lot.

 

5. The divine nature is deemed for liberation, the demoniac for bondage. Grieve

not, O Pandava; thou art born for a divine lot.

 

6. There are two creations of beings in this world, the divine and the demoniac.

The divine has been described as length; hear from Me, O Partha, of the

demoniac.

 

7. Neither action nor inaction do the demoniac men know; neither purity nor good

conduct nor truth is found in them.

 

8. They say, " the universe is unreal, without a basis, without a Lord, born of

mutual union, brought about by lust; what else ? "

 

9. Holding this view, these ruined souls of small intellect, of fierce deeds,

rise as the enemies of the world for its destruction.

 

10. Filled with insatiable desires, full of hypocrisy, pride and arrogance,

holding unwholesome views through delusion, they work with unholy resolve;

 

11. Beset with immense cares ending only with death, sensual enjoyment their

highest aim, assured that that is all;

 

12. Bound by hundreds of bands of hope, given over to lust and wrath, they

strive to secure by unjust means hoards of wealth for sensual enjoyment.

 

to be continued...