Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 13, Verse 21
कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते।पुरुषः सुखदुःखानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते ॥13.21॥kāryakāraṇakartṛtve hetuḥ prakṛtirucyatepuruṣaḥ sukhaduḥkhānāṃ bhoktṛtve heturucyate
Meaning
Krishna says: nature is said to be the cause of the body, the senses and all activity. The conscious self is said to be the cause of experiencing pleasure and pain.
हिंदी में अर्थ
श्रीकृष्ण कहते हैं: शरीर, इंद्रियाँ और सारे कर्मों के होने का कारण प्रकृति कही गई है। और सुख-दुःख के अनुभव का कारण पुरुष (चेतन आत्मा) कहा गया है।
Practise it today
When something painful happens today, separate it in two: 'What happened' and 'How I am experiencing it.' Work on the second.
Reflect tonight
Did separating the event from your experience of it reduce the pain at all?
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