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Full Idea
Who everywhere is free from all ties, who neither rejoices nor sorrows if fortune is good or is ill, his is a serene wisdom.
Gist of Idea
Serene wisdom is freedom from ties, and indifference to fortune
Source
Anon (Bhag) (The Bhagavad Gita [c.500 BCE], 2.57)
Book Ref
'The Bhagavad Gita', ed/tr. Mascaro,Juan [Penguin 1962], p.53
A Reaction
This is very similar to the 'apatheia' of the Stoics, though they are always more committed to rationality. This is quite a good strategy when times are hard, but as a general rule it offers a bogus state of 'wisdom' which is really half way to death.
| 7994 | Everything, including the gods, comes from me, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 7995 | In all living beings I am the light of consciousness, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 7996 | I am all the beauty and goodness of things, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 7997 | Only by love can men see me, know me, and come to me, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 7998 | The three gates of hell are lust, anger and greed [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 7999 | All actions come from: body, lower self, perception, means of action, or Fate [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 7988 | There is no greater good for a warrior than to fight in a just war [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 7989 | Seek salvation in the wisdom of reason [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 7990 | Serene wisdom is freedom from ties, and indifference to fortune [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 7991 | Hate and lust have their roots in man's lower nature [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 7992 | The visible forms of nature are earth, water, fire, air, ether; mind, reason, and the sense of 'I' [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 7993 | Brahman is supreme, Atman his spirit in man, and Karma is the force of creation [Anon (Bhag)] |