He who has no aversion, whether to enlightenment, attachment or delusion, who has no craving for these things in their absence; who, above these fruits of the three gunas, stands as neutral, ever unyielding, aware that nothing acts outside them; Who looks upon pleasure and suffering with the same eye, and to whom the clod of earth, gold and stone are of equal value, who is wise and holds both praise and blame as identical; who is affected neither by glory nor by opprobrium, who treats friends and enemies equally, and who has renounced all self-interested undertakings, of such a one it is said that he has transcended the three gunas.

He who is completely absorbed in devotional service, without ever failing, therefore transcends the three gunas and thereby attains the spiritual level.

I am the foundation of the impersonal Supreme Being (the only aspect of God known to believers on earth), who is immortal, inexhaustible, eternal, and the very principle of ultimate happiness.

Krishna, God, the Supreme Person

The Supreme Lord says:

There is a banyan tree, a tree whose roots point upwards, and downwards point the branches; its leaves are the Vedic hymns (of the Vedas, the original holy scriptures). He who knows it, knows the Vedas

The branches of this tree, which is nourished by the three gunas (virtue, passion, ignorance), extend in height as well as in depth; its twigs are the objects of the senses. Some of its roots also point downwards, linked to the material acts performed in the world of men.

No one in this world can perceive the exact shape of this tree. No one can see the end, the beginning or the base. But one must, with determination, slice with the sword of detachment this banyan tree with its powerful roots, seek the place from where, once one reaches it, there is no return. Then there surrender to the Supreme Person, God, from whom all things began, and in whom all things remain from time immemorial.

The man who is free from illusion, pride and false relationships, the man who knows the Eternal, who overcomes concupiscence and the duality of joys and sorrows, and who knows the path of surrender to the Supreme Person, he attains that eternal kingdom.

This supreme kingdom, Mine, is not illuminated by the sun, the moon or the electric force. For those who reach it, there is no return to this world.