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Bhagavad Gita

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Introduction - The Scene; Theme; and Character - Gloom of Arjuna - Inner Doctrine - The Secret of Work - Spiritual Knowledge - Renunciation - Self Mastery - Spiritual Discernment - Mystery of Omnipresence - Kingly Knowledge - Universal Perfection - Universal Manifestation - Yoga of Devotion - Knower and the Known - Three Gunas or Qualities - Consciousness of the Supreme - Good and Evil Natures - Threefold Faith - Renunciation and Freedom - Contents -

some secret force. Inform me, thou, of this mystery."

Krishna: "It is the essence of his accumulated Desires, combining for attack, that urgeth him on. It is this enemy of man, called lust or passion, begotten of the carnal nature, full of sin and error. As the flame is dimmed by the smoke, the bright metal by the rust, so is the understanding of man obscured by this foe called Desire, which rageth like the fire, and is difficult of being extinguished. The senses and the mind are its seat; and through these it serves to confound and confuse the Discrimination. Thy first task should be to conquer this foul dweller in the mind. Mastering first the senses, and sense organs, proceedeth thou then to put to death this thing of evil.

"The senses are great and powerful; but greater and more powerful than the Senses is the Mind; and greater than the Mind is the Will; and greater than the Will is the Real Self.

"So, thus, recognizing the Real Self as higher than all, proceedeth thou to govern the Personal Self, by the power of the Real Self,

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