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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 -

"But I am the creator of all mankind in all of its phases and forms. From me proceed the four castes, with their distinguishing qualities and activities. Know me as the creator of all these, though in Myself I am changeless and without qualities.

"In my essence I am free from the effects of action; and I have not any desire for rewards or the fruits of actions; for these things are produced by My power and have no hold upon Me. Verily I say that he who is able to see and perceive Me as I am, in mine own essence --- he is freed from the effects of action. Understanding this, the Wise Men of old still performed actions, but were not attached to the fruits thereof, and so moved on to Deliverance. Follow thou their example and reap their reward.

"But even the wise, at times, have been confused as to what was Action and what Inaction. Therefore, I will inform thee regarding this. I shalt tell thee of what action consisteth, knowing which thou shalt be relieved from evil and set free.

"He who would learn the truth concerning action must grasp these three things --- Action,

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