Honor your parents and elders
Respect for the father and mother, and for other superiors, is counted as part of the austerity of the body.
In the Gītā, Kṛṣṇa lists reverence for the Lord, for brāhmaṇas, for the spiritual master and for superiors such as one’s father and mother as austerity of the body. Visit, call, listen to their advice, and look after them when they need it. This is a service that is always in season.
- Whose teaching
- Śrī Kṛṣṇa
- Where it is taught
- Bhagavad-gītā 17.14
- Source
- Vedabase