Compassion: the feeling that wakes at another's trouble and moves a person to act for their good, without sinking.
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Worship goes on every day, yet there is bitterness toward a neighbour, and praise and blame still tip the mood. In Gita 12.13-20 the Lord says what marks a devotee who is dear to Him. Plain meaning, an everyday example and one small practice for this week.
Level: Simple English 6 min The Devotee Dear to the Lord
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What if your mind wanders the moment you sit to pray? Gita chapter 12 gives every kind of person a step they can take today, and tells what kind of devotee the Lord holds dear.
Level: Simple English 6 min Chapter 12: The Yoga of Devotion, an Overview
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A map of the twenty verses of Gita chapter 12: Arjuna's question, the four steps for a mind that will not stay, and the devotee the Lord holds dear, with a guide to the reading for each part.
Level: In Depth English 12 min Chapter 12: The Yoga of Devotion, an Overview
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In Gita 12.13-20 the Lord lists over thirty marks and says of each group, 'such a one is dear to Me'. The marks fall into four relationships and hang from one centre. Each verse explained, with a table, common misreadings, an example and a seven-day practice.
Level: In Depth English 13 min The Devotee Dear to the Lord
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A close reading of nine Gita verses on evenness of mind: what 'bearing' pleasure and pain means, how one can see all alike and still act differently, and how the Gita and its tradition answer the doubts that remain.
Level: Deeper English 15 min Equanimity
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Gita 12.13-20 lists over thirty marks and keeps saying 'such a one is dear to Me'. Is it a test? How can anyone be dear to a Lord who is equal to all? A close reading, two streams of commentators, five objections and five questions answered.
Level: Deeper English 18 min The Devotee Dear to the Lord
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Gita chapter 12 seems to pull two ways in four places: who is best, the order of the steps, giving up undertakings against working for the Lord, and disturbing no one. The wording of each verse, the commentators' streams and the open questions.
Level: Deeper English 14 min Chapter 12: The Yoga of Devotion, an Overview
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The twelfth chapter in short: the form or the formless, a ladder of practice when the mind will not stay, and the marks of the devotee dear to the Lord, all on one page.
English 10 min Chapter 12: The Yoga of Devotion, an Overview
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At the end of the twelfth chapter the Lord draws the picture of one dear to Him: free of hatred, friendly and compassionate, even in pleasure and pain, skilful and steady. Three readings of verses 12.13-20 and the question of what 'dear' means.
English 12 min The Devotee Dear to the Lord
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At the end of chapter 12 the Lord draws the person who is dear to Him: free of hatred, friendly and compassionate, level in pain and pleasure, skilful and steady. Three readings of Gita 12.13-20, and what 'dear' means.