A few quotes from Bhagavad Gita

The supreme Lord said:

"You are grieving for that which is not to be grieved for. Yet you are speaking like a great scholar. A true scholar would not worry about life that has ended or not ended."
[Chapter 2 Verse 11]

"There was never a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings. Nor will we ever cease to exist in future."
[Chapter 2 Verse 12]

"Just as the embodied soul passes from childhood to youth to old age, it also passes from one body to another. The undaunted person therefore is not deluded."
[Chapter 2 Verse 13]

"Heat and cold, pleasure and pain arise merely because of the contact of the senses with the sense objects. They are fleeting. Therefore O Arjuna, try to tolerate them."
[Chapter 2 Verse 14]

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