Bhagavad Gita Verses on Equanimity

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Top 5 Verses on Equanimity — Ranked

These verses are ordered from most accessible/practical (for daily life) to most advanced (for the dedicated spiritual seeker).

  1. BG 2.48 — Perform your duty, abandoning attachment to success and failure — such equanimity is called yoga.
  2. BG 6.32 — The yogi who compares everything by analogy with the self — seeing equality everywhere — is considered perfect.
  3. BG 12.17 — One who neither rejoices, nor grieves, nor desires, nor rejects — such a devotee is very dear to me.
  4. BG 2.15 — The person whom these do not disturb — pleasure and pain equally — firm in mind, steady — is fit for immortality.
  5. BG 5.19 — Even in this life, those whose minds are established in equanimity have overcome rebirth — flawless is Brahman, thus established they are in Brahman.

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Understanding Equanimity (Samatva) in the Bhagavad Gita

Learn Krishna's teachings on Samatva - mental equanimity and balance. Discover how to maintain inner peace through life's ups and downs, success and failure.

The Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna's timeless discourse to Arjuna, provides profound guidance on this topic that remains relevant for seekers today. Through these sacred verses, we discover practical wisdom for applying these teachings in our daily lives.

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What does the Bhagavad Gita teach about equanimity (samatva)?

Learn Krishna's teachings on Samatva - mental equanimity and balance. Discover how to maintain inner peace through life's ups and downs, success and failure.

Key Verses on Equanimity (Samatva)

"Perform your duty equipoised, abandoning all attachment to success or failure. Such equanimity is called yoga."
— Bhagavad Gita 2.48
Krishna defines yoga as equanimity - this is the essence of spiritual practice.
"One whose mind is undisturbed by distress, who does not crave for pleasure, who is free from attachment, fear and anger, is called a sage of steady wisdom."
— Bhagavad Gita 2.56
The sage remains balanced in all conditions - neither shaken by adversity nor elated by success.
"For one who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, the mind will remain the greatest enemy."
— Bhagavad Gita 6.7
Equanimity comes from mastering the mind, transforming it from enemy to ally.
"One who is equal in pleasure and pain, who dwells in the Self, to whom a clod of earth, a stone and gold are alike, who is equal toward the desirable and undesirable."
— Bhagavad Gita 14.24
True equanimity sees the same essence in all things.

📋 How to Practice Equanimity (Samatva) (5 Steps)

  1. 1 Practice observing your reactions without judgment
  2. 2 Maintain the same dedication in success and failure
  3. 3 Remind yourself that all situations are temporary
  4. 4 Develop the witness perspective through meditation
  5. 5 Accept praise and criticism with equal grace

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