Abhyasa

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 6

By the force of previous practice, the yogi is irresistibly drawn toward liberation—even a mere inquirer into yoga transcends all Vedic ritualism.

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 6

The yogi who constantly engages in yoga, freed from impurity, EASILY touches the infinite—what once was effort becomes effortless joy.

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 6

Yoga is not for gaining supernatural powers but for one purpose alone: the purification of the self.

Sikh - Janamsakhi

Guru Nanak established sangat (fellowship in prayer) and pangat (eating in rows together). For the first time, all people - rich or poor, high or low caste, Hindu or Muslim - would sit as equals sharing food.

Shiva Purana

To win grief-stricken Shiva, Parvati spent a thousand years on fruits, then vegetables, then surviving on fallen leaves (earning the name Aparna), then only air. Shiva tested her by mocking himself in disguise, but her unwavering devotion convinced him.

Uddhava & Krishna

True sannyasa is internal renunciation—freedom from attachment, identification with the unchanging Self, and complete reliance on the Divine—whether or not one wears external signs of renunciation.

Karna & Surya (internal/reflected)

Our parents—present or absent—do not define us; our choices do. The search for external recognition can become a chain. Being fully ourselves is the only identity that survives all circumstances.