"The Jnani is not mastered by the dualities of joy and grief, victory and defeat, gain and loss. He is Dwandvaatheetha. He scorns hatred and never allows it to affect him. Both the Swarupa and the Swabhava of the Atma guarantee that It is un-affected. It is A-sanga. It is un-influenced by any thing that is not Atma. It has neither birth nor death, hunger nor thirst, grief, delusion. Hunger and thirst are qualities of the Prana; birth and death are characteristics of the body; grief and delusion are afflictions of the mind. So, Arjuna, do not assign any status for these; know yourself as the Atma; give up all delusion and become unattached. Be like the lotus leaf in the marshy lake of Samsara; do not get smeared with the mud around you. That is the sign of A-sanga: In it but yet outside it. Be like the lotus leaf, not like the porous 'blotting paper' that gets tainted with whatever it comes in contact with."

"Do Abhisheka to the Atma-linga, with the pure waters of your own pure Chittha-vritthi, mental impulse. When the chittha moves in one direction and the indriyas move towards another, the person is doubly confused. So, keep attachment afar. When that is done, whatever you do becomes a sacrifice, a Yajna. Whatever you speak becomes a holy manthra; wherever you plant your foot, the place is rendered holy."

"Arjuna! I shall tell you something about Yajna also. Listen calmly, controlling all agitations of the mind. People talk of Dravyayajna, Thapoyajna, Yogayajna, etc. If a pit is dug, the earth excavated becomes a mound by its side. There is no pit without a mound; when riches accumulate in one place, there must be corresponding charity too. The proper utilisation of one's riches is Dravyayajna. What is proper utilisation? Gift of cows, of lands, of skill are included under Dravyayajna. Again, when all physical activities, mental activities and speech are utilised for Sadhana, then it becomes Thapoyajna. How can it be Thapas if you have lain down due to weakness arising from missing a meal? Doing Karma but yet remaining unbound by Karma - that is Yogayajna."

"And Swadhyaya Yajna? It means studying with humility and reverence the sacred scriptures that lead you to liberation or Moksha. This study is the means to repay the debt to the Rishis who put the scriptures together. The next one is Jnanayajna. By this is meant not the knowledge of the visible and perceptible but the Jnana of the invisible, the imperceptible, (the Parokshajnana, not the Aparokshajnana). Listen to the Sastras that are related to this Jnana, study them and ponder over the teaching in your mind, weighing the pros and cons: this is called Jnanayajna. Jnana means also the eagerness to realise the Atma thathwa through inquiry from elders and those who have spiritual experience."