Existence has no favorites.🔗

ihaiva tairjitaḥ sargo yeṣāṁ sāmye sthitaṁ manaḥ nirdoṣaṁ hi samaṁ brahma tasmād brahmaṇi te sthitāḥ

In this life, surely, those whose minds are situated in equanimity have conquered birth and death. They are flawless like the Supreme and therefore, are situated in the Supreme.

We move seamlessly from birth through living into death and again into birth.

na prahṛṣyetpriyaṁ prāpya nodvijet prāpya cāpriyam sthirabuddhir asaṁmūḍho brahmavid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ

One who does not rejoice at achieving something he likes nor gets agitated on getting something he does not like, who is of steady intelligence, who is not deluded, one who knows the Supreme, is situated in the Supreme.

Kṛṣṇa says that one who is of steady intelligence, one who does not get caught in the play of opposing emotions or patterns like pleasure and pain, happiness and misery, is established in the Supreme, is Supreme himself.

bāhyasparśeṣvasaktātmā vindatyātmani yatsukham sa brahma-yoga-yuktātmā sukhamakṣayamaśnute

One who is not attached to the outer world sense pleasures, who enjoys in the Self, in that happiness, he, having identified with his Self by engaging in the Supreme [brahma-yoga], enjoys unlimited happiness.

Kṛṣṇa advises us to turn inwards. Move away from your senses, move into your Source

Kṛṣṇa succinctly explains the neutrality and equanimity of Existence. Existence has no favorites.

Kṛṣṇa says there is no difference between a human and an animal, and that there is no difference between those we consider to be saints and those we consider to be sinners. A learned scholar, the priest and the brāhmaṇa should be seen as equal to an animal or a person who eats dogs. Even more dramatically, He says that one in full knowledge sees the dog and the dog-eater as the same.

Existence sees everyone as equal. It does not discriminate. Everyone is a part of the same Existence. Similarly, Masters see the whole world as one with their own selves. That is why only they can show compassion to anyone and everyone.