BG 13.8
With humility, unpretentiousness, nonviolence, forgiveness, sincerity, service to the teacher, purity, steadfastness, and self-control...
आचार्योपासनं शौचं स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रहः
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amānitvam — humbleness
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adambhitvam — freedom from hypocrisy
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ahinsā — non-violence
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kṣhāntir — forgiveness
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ārjavam — simplicity
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āchāryopāsanaṁ — service of the teacher
āchārya-upāsanam -
śhauchaṁ — cleanliness of body and mind
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sthairyam — steadfastness
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ātma-vinigrahaḥ — self-control
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ātma
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vinigrahaḥ
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The five elements (earth, fire, air, water, and space), personality, intellect, the life force, the ten organs of perception, the mind, and the five senses, craving and aversion, happiness and sorrow, the body, sentience, and fortitude - these, together with their modifications, are the "field". With humility, unpretentiousness, nonviolence, forgiveness, sincerity, service to the teacher, purity, steadfastness, and self-control renunciation of sensual pleasures, absence of pride, recognition of the painful cycle of birth, aging, sickness, and death, with indifference toward children, spouses, and homes, and with equanimity toward both good fortune and bad, constantly devote yourself toward me alone, retreat to solitary places, and remain indifferent toward socializing. True wisdom is constantly yearning for knowledge of the self, and pondering the nature of reality. Ignorance is everything to the contrary.
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