Chapter 16 verse 1-3
“The Supreme Divine Personality said: O scion of Bharata, these are the saintly virtues of those endowed with a divine nature—fearlessness, purity of mind, steadfastness in spiritual knowledge, charity, control of the senses, performance of sacrifice, study of the sacred books, austerity, and straightforwardness; non-violence, truthfulness, absence of anger, renunciation, peacefulness, restraint from fault-finding, compassion toward all living beings, absence of covetousness, gentleness, modesty, and lack of fickleness; vigor, forgiveness, fortitude, cleanliness, bearing enmity toward none, and absence of vanity.”
Bhagwan
in this chapter will enumerate the characteristics of beings with divine
personality and not so divine personality which needs further work. The
characteristics of saintly personality of beings endowed with divine nature is:
·
Fearlessness
·
Purity
of mind
·
Steeped
in spiritual knowledge
·
Charity
·
Control
of senses
·
Performance
of sacrifices as ordained by Vedas
·
A good
student of the Vedas
·
Austere
·
Straightforward
·
Non-violent
·
Truthful
·
Absence
of anger
·
Renunciation
·
Peacefulness
·
Restraint
from fault finding
·
Compassion
towards all beings
·
Non
covetousness
·
Gentleness
·
Modesty/Humility
·
Lack
of fickleness
·
Vigor
·
Forgiveness
·
Fortitude
·
Cleanliness
·
Bearing
enmity toward none
·
Absence
of vanity
These 26 qualities pointed out by Bhagwan are what
a jivatma strives to develop over thousands of lifetimes. Each of these traits is
worth spending a lifetime or two to master. I also believe that developing some
of these will open the floodgates and welcome other traits. My Guru talks about
truth, mindfulness, commitment and compassion as some of those traits and also
encourages everyone to discover their own truth. Feeling blessed to be guided
in this life so well.
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