Oh man, know that everything is momentary, and God alone is permanent. Be dispassionate towards all that is relative; be passionate about the Absolute. This is the key to peace.
Oh brother, the whole world is trying to escape pain by adjusting, creating, accumulating, and enjoying. But the soul of everybody is crying in agony, "I want peace, I want peace." Seeking God, who is the abode of peace, you shall gain peace. Unless you cultivate dispassion, you cannot love God. Knowing thus, be thou dispassionate.
Seeking happiness outside, you wander endlessly. Seeking peace in relatives, you falter. Husband, wife, children, relatives, friends, wealth, property, nothing can give thee eternal peace. Realizing thus, cultivate vairagya or dispassion.
Oh tired soul, see how the civilized world of today is writhing with pain. If civilization, power, possessions and hoarding could give peace, why is man suffering today as never before? Is it not passion and attachment which have tempted him into this sorrowful bondage? Attain thou immortality by abiding in Truth. Cultivate dispassion and be passionate after the Truth.
Passion for God is love; passion for the world is desire. Desire comes out of ignorance. Ignorance is the root cause of misery. Cut the knot of ignorance by the sword of dispassion and attain freedom.
Discrimination leads to dispassion. Dispassion leads to devotion to God. Devotion leads to wisdom and wisdom to peace. Knowing thus, discriminate and be dispassionate.
Man, you are hoping aimlessly to realize permanent bliss through worldly endeavors. Painful experiences result and you feel disgust toward the things which brought pain, but only temporarily. Feeling attachment again, you try other things, hoping you will be happy. Before long, you find that misery always follows happiness. Peace is beyond misery and happiness. To go beyond the pleasures of the world, cultivate dispassion and attain peace.
Oh brother, when it is said it, "go beyond," it doesn't mean you should physically renounce this world. It only means do not be attached; it means you have to renounce desires mentally. Do this before it is too late. Any small desire has the power to toss you into the mire of the world. Cultivate dispassion and be fearless.
If you desire, desire for desirelessness; such a desire cannot bind. If you want happiness, crave for eternal happiness; then it cannot bring bondage. If you are after profit, gain the kingdom of heaven. Then you have no fear of loss. If you seek peace, take God by storm, then there is no cause for misery. Realizing non-attachment to worldly things alone can lead you to the eternal. Be thou dispassionate.
Love the world, but don't lust after it. Love your wife and children, but be not attached. If you can see God in everything and everybody, you will love everything and everybody selflessly. For selfishness brings attachment, but selflessness brings peace. Knowing thus, be thou dispassionate.
How many lives have you lived till now! How many agonies you have suffered! How many times you thought of renouncing desires and how many times you were tempted not to renounce! Study the lives of Masters, sages and saints. None of them attain God without cultivating dispassion. Realizing thus, be thou dispassionate.
Practice any yoga, study any philosophy, read any Scripture, meditate any number of years, count the beads all your life, memorize all the verses of holy books, seek the cave of any mountain, go to the feet of any guru; but unless you practice dispassion, none can help you to attain God. All will teach you to cultivate dispassion. Knowing thus, be dispassionate.
Oh God, everything is Thine; nothing is mine. You are my everything. Accept me as Thine. Meditate on these thoughts ceaselessly and be thou dispassionate.
Birth, growth, old age, and death are inevitable stages of the body. Death may devour at any time; then you have to give up all physical things, including your physical body. Attachment clings to your soul through the subtle body, which brings you back to the abode of sorrows. If you cultivate dispassion, desires will die. A desireless man attains freedom here and hereafter. Realizing thus, be thou dispassionate.
Compassion follows dispassion, for when you are dispassionate, you cannot possess or remain attached to anything. When you have no desire, then alone can you truly love. True love expresses compassion, which is the highest of all virtues. Knowing thus, be thou dispassionate.
Fearlessness comes through freedom, freedom comes through wisdom, wisdom comes through devotion, devotion comes through passion for God, passion for God comes through dispassion towards sense objects. Knowing thus, cultivate dispassion.
Dispassion develops humility. Humility leads to purity. Purity leads to illumination, illumination leads to liberation, or mukti. Reflecting thus, be thou dispassionate.
The flesh is never satisfied, wants are never pacified, thirst is never quenched, ego demands more, more, more. Dispassion ends all games of the ego and gives the soul eternal rest at the lotus feet of God. Meditating thus, be thou dispassionate.
Do not postpone for tomorrow; every day ends in sorrow. Renounce mentally all desires right now. Serve all with love. To be eligible for immortality, be thou dispassionate.
The whole world weeps, there is no one to console; all hearts cry, nobody can pacify them. All souls are suffering; there is nobody to show the way. You have wept enough. You have cried a lot; you have suffered much. Take this message of dispassion. Show the world the way to be happy. Be thou first to the call of the flute. Be thou dispassionate.
All masters were dispassionate. All teachers have taught dispassion as the way to peace. But, people worship God and guru for earthly benefits which destroy the peace. Then they blame God and saints for their misery. You have to find your own salvation. All incarnations and prophets guide you and help you to be dispassionate. This is the only way to fly to the bosom of the Infinite. Reflecting thus, be thou dispassionate.
Everything is fraught with danger and fear, for everything is ephemeral. If wealthy, you are afraid of robbers; if healthy, you are afraid that some illness might attack you. Beauty and youth are threatened by old age. Payment is threatened by ill fame, happiness by misery, and life by death. There is only one weapon which can make you bold and fearless and that is dispassion. Knowing thus, be thou dispassionate.
Desire repeated makes habits; habits repeated make the character; character manifests personality. Personality influences the world. Therefore, a desirous man shall develop an egoistic personality. His influence will only enhance and encourage the ego of others. Ego will never bring peace. Peace is the one goal of man and humanity. A desireless man alone can influence and teach humanity the way of truth and blessedness. Reflecting thus, be thou dispassionate.
Dispassion does not mean physical renunciation. Dispassion does not mean physical escape from duty. Dispassion does not mean running away from problems. Dispassion does not mean renouncing family. Dispassion only means to face your problems boldly, to perform your duty without attachment. To love and serve all, work for work's sake, love for love's sake; ask nothing, give everything. Divine love, selfless service and perfect wisdom are the outcome of dispassion. Knowing thus the glory of nonattachment, be thou dispassionate.
All know that there is pain in suffering. All know that the world brings suffering. Even those who have suffered do not give up. Look at the power of Maya! This causes endless suffering. Show thy fellow beings the way of transcending the pairs of opposites. That way is dispassion. Be thou dispassionate.
The world wants an ideal, and that is Truth. The world wants the abiding happiness that lives in divine love. The world wants a way to attain it. The way is dispassion. The world wants a leader. Be thou the leader by becoming the servant of God. Dispassion makes you a worthy servant of God. Be thou dispassionate.
One who is dispassionate gains immortality. One who is dispassionate attains infinite consciousness. One who is dispassionate gains the ultimate victory. One who is dispassionate obtains God's all embracing love. One who is dispassionate becomes a loving devotee of God. Realizing thus, be thou dispassionate.
The purpose of life is the attainment of perfection. Perfection lies in freedom from thralldom. Freedom lies in knowledge and knowledge in devotion. Devotion comes through dispassion.
Be thou dispassionate.
(Essence of Bhagavad Gita and Bible, p. 48.)