- Source
- Srimad Bhagavatam (Canto 11, Chapter 23)
- Dialogue
- A miserly Brahmana from Avanti who became a liberated monk
Significance
Provides psychological tools to endure social hostility and life hardships with mental equanimity.
Key concepts
- The mind as the sole cause of pleasure, pain, friends, and enemies
- Patience and forgiveness in the face of insult and physical persecution
- Understanding that external attackers are merely instruments of one's own past Karma
- Mastery of the mind as the true mark of a sannyasi
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