Gandhi (Based on teachings of the Bhagavad Gita)

Only that one is a true worshipper of God, who is not
jealous, who is generous to everyone and without any
egoism.

Who can bear heat and cold, happiness and harm equally,
who always forgives, is constantly satisfied, whose
decisions are firm and whose mind and soul is surrendered
to God.

Who does not cause any evil, who is not afraid of others,
and who is as free of excitement as of worries and fears,
who is pure, efficient at work but yet not touched by it,
who gives up all the fruits of his acting, the good ones
as well as the bad ones, who treats friends and enemies
in the same way, who stays untouched by respect or lack
of respect, who is not pampered by praise but also not
depressed if people talk badly of him.

Who likes the silence and the loneliness and who has a
disciplined mind.

The yogi is the one in whom all these capabilities are
reflected in his life and who in the midst of a furious
storm still sees the sun, who faces the difficulties and
the death, who with a balanced quiet mind walks over a
battlefield or goes to the executioners, and whose spirit
is so joyful that even thunder puts him to sleep.

~ Gandhi (Based on teachings of the Bhagavad Gita)

from Nirmala Devi's Daily Inspirations

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