From the Index of Management Areas

The 13 verses the book gathers under Change Management

Chapter and verse, as listed in the Index of Management Areas, each with The Meaning as it appears in the book. The Teaching and the Reflect question for every verse are in the book.

1. 2.13The body changes from childhood to youth to old age, but the self remains the same person through these changes. In the same way, the self passes to another body, and a steady person is not confused by this.
2. 2.22The body is like a garment for the self. Just as a person gives up old clothes and wears new ones, the self gives up an old body and accepts another body.
3. 2.40On this path, no sincere effort is wasted and no harmful result comes from it. Even a small practice of this dharma protects a person from great fear.
4. 2.59Sense objects may go away when a person restrains himself, but the inner taste for them can still remain. That taste goes away only when the person experiences something higher.
5. 3.26Krishna says that the wise should not confuse people who are attached to action, but should guide them through proper example and encourage them to do their duties.
6. 3.29Krishna says that people confused by the guṇas become attached to actions and results, and the wise should not disturb those who do not yet understand fully.
7. 3.33Krishna says that even a knowledgeable person acts according to their own nature, because all beings follow their nature. Mere forceful suppression cannot truly solve this.
8. 6.3When a person is trying to rise in yoga, disciplined action is the path. When the person becomes established in yoga, inner quietness and restraint become the main support.
9. 6.25The seeker should gradually quiet the mind with firm intelligence, place the mind in the self, and avoid unnecessary thoughts.
10. 6.34Arjuna says that the mind is restless, disturbing, strong, and stubborn, and that controlling it seems as difficult as controlling the wind.
11. 11.2Arjuna tells Krishna that he has heard in detail about the creation and dissolution of all beings and about Krishna’s eternal greatness.
12. 11.20Arjuna says that Krishna alone fills the space between heaven and earth and all directions, and that the three worlds are shaken on seeing His wondrous and fierce universal form.
13. 15.16Krishna says that in this world there are two categories: the perishable and the imperishable. All embodied beings in changing material existence are perishable, while the steady, unchanging spiritual principle is called imperishable.

One verse in full

वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय

vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya

नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि ।

navāni gṛhṇāti naro 'parāṇi |

तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा-

tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāny

न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ॥

anyāni saṁyāti navāni dehī ||

The Meaning The body is like a garment for the self. Just as a person gives up old clothes and wears new ones, the self gives up an old body and accepts another body.

Change outdated forms without losing the deeper identity, dignity, and purpose they were meant to serve.

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