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William Atkinson / Yogi Ramacharaka's

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 -

like the lotus-leaf which is harmed not by the waters around it. The wise, having abandoned attachment, perform the actions of body, mind and intellect and even of the senses understanding^, and ever have Right Action and Purification in view. Harmonized, and abandoning the desire and hope of reward for actions, they gain Peace. But those who lack this harmony and who are held fast in the bonds of desire of rewards for actions are troubled and filled with unrest and dissatisfaction.

"The wise man, setting himself free, mentally, from actions and their results, dwelleth in the Temple of the Spirit, even that which men call the Body, resting calmly therein, at peace, and neither desiring to act, nor causing to act, and yet always willing to play well his part in action when Duty calleth him. For he knoweth that although his body, senses, and mind may engage in action, yet the Real Self remaineth forever undisturbed. For the Real Self acteth not in these ways --- such belong to the lower nature of man, through the qualities of such nature. The Real Self performed neither good nor evil actions; it remaineth

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