A Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
The renunciation of the Gita is the acid test of faith.
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The Sermon on the Mount...went straight to my heart. I compared it with the Gita. My young mind tried to unify the teaching of the Gita, the `Light of Asia' and the Sermon on the Mount. That renunciation was the highest form of religion appealed to me greatly.
According to the letter of the Gita, it is possible to say that warfare is consistent with renunciation of fruit.
I was never a prisoner of any theory. What guided me were reason and reality. The acid test I applied to every theory or scheme was: Would it work? The acid test is in performance, not promises. It is not from weakness that one commands respect. As long as the leaders take care of their people, they will obey the leaders.
In all our Yogas this renunciation is necessary. This is the stepping-stone and the real centre and the real heart of all spiritual culture - renunciation. This is religion - renunciation.
The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
The Gita is not for those who have no faith.
Knowledge and devotion, to be true, have to stand the test of renunciation of the fruits of action.
The acid test of our love for God is obedience to His Word. The greatest ability is dependability. The test of your character is what it takes to stop you. Trust God as if it all depends upon Him, and work as if it all depends upon you.
Prayer is the acid test of devotion.
Housekeeping in common is for women the acid test.
Everybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.
The message of the Gita is to be found in the second chapter of the Gita where Lord Krishna speaks of the balanced state of mind, of mental equipoise.
The acid test of politics is not what you say at the hustings, but what you actually do in government.
The test, surely, of a creed is not the ability of those who accept it to announce their faith; its test is its ability to change their behavior in the ordinary round of daily life. Judged by that test, I know no religion that has a moral claim upon the allegiance of men.
Obedience is the only reality. It is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among the Lord's people.
It's easy to have faith when everything is going great. The real test of faith is when you're facing something that only your faith in God will get you through.
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