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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 -

from sleep, cometh not the true Yogi knowledge. Such a one inclineth too much toward extremes, and departeth from the middle path of temperance. The Yogi knowledge, which destroyeth pain, cometh rather to him who observeth moderation and temperance in eating and recreation; in action and rest --- who in fleeing from the evil of excess of action, doth not run into the twin evil of the excess of repression.

"When a man's thought, mastered by the Real Self, and fixed upon the Real Self, findeth itself free from lust and desire, then indeed hath that man gained the inward harmony which bringeth peace and satisfaction. Then doth his mind become stable and steady, like the flame of the lamp which resteth in the place where no wind cometh to disturb or cause it to flicker. Such a mind delighteth in the contemplation of the Real Self, and is well content to dwell in its peace and presence. Seeing the Real Self by the aid of its own light, it realizes that it has All, and is therefore satisfied.

'The Wise Man findeth his chief delight in that which is far above anything that the mind

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