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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 -

in truth, the Real Self is seeking but to liberate the soul from its own bondage of illusion and error --- seeking to add to its riches, rather than to rob and despoil it of things of worth. Thus, through the smoke of illusion and error, the True Friend is seen as the Bitter Enemy.

"The soul of him who hath perceived the Real Self within him is peaceful and calm, in heat and cold, in pleasure and pain, in that which the world calleth honor and dishonor. The wise man is content with the knowledge and wisdom which hath been unfolded to him, as earth's rarest treasures. His senses are harmonized by Self-Mastery, and Wisdom hath taken the place of Desire.

"Such an one excelleth in wisdom, to such an extent that he regardeth both friends and enemies, aliens and countrymen, saints and sinners, the righteous and unrighteous --- with equal love and sense of brotherhood.

"The Yogi sitteth in his secret place, engaged in meditation and deep thought. With mind and body mastered by the Real Self, he is divorced from greed and desire of reward. He sitteth in a clean place, neither too high or

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