Equanimity in the Bhagavad Gita

Verses across the Gita that speak to equanimity, drawn from all chapters and ordered by where they appear.

• 2.14Passing sensations lose power when you stop treating them as permanent.
• 2.15Freedom begins where pain and pleasure stop controlling you.
• 2.38Equanimity frees action from the stain of panic and craving.
• 2.48Equanimity turns action into yoga.
• 2.54Steady wisdom must be recognizable in ordinary movement.
• 2.56Steadiness remains when pleasure and pain lose their grip.
• 2.57Steady wisdom does not need life to feel favorable.
• 2.63Anger first distorts seeing, then destroys the mind that should guide action.
• 2.65Clear seeing ends suffering and lets understanding settle at once.
• 2.70Peace belongs to the one who stays steady while desire moves.
• 2.72Steadiness in the supreme reality ends confusion, even at life’s edge.
• 5.19Sameness of mind is the real conquest; everything else is aftermath.
• 5.20Steadiness begins when pleasure and pain lose their power over you.
• 6.8True mastery makes gold and dust feel identical.
• 6.9Equal vision toward all people marks the highest steadiness.
• 6.32Equal vision makes you unshaken by pleasure or pain.
• 12.15True devotion leaves no wake of disturbance.
• 12.17Devotion becomes steady when liking and disliking no longer rule the heart.
• 12.18Real devotion stays even when life feels hostile or kind.
• 14.22Freedom begins when changing states stop controlling your response.
• 14.23Freedom begins when movement happens, but identity does not.
• 14.24Steadiness means nothing external gets to decide your center.
• 14.25Freedom begins when praise, blame, and personal impulse lose their power over you.