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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 -

spoken. I know the mind to be most restless, unsteady, turbulent, strong and stubborn, obstinate, and not yielding readily to the Will. As well tell me to curb and control the wind, as it bloweth and passeth --- now the gentle breeze, and now the raging storm --- as to master and control with steady hand this mysterious principle which is called the Mind."

Krishna: "Well sayeth thou, O Prince, that the mind is restless and as difficult to restrain as the winds. Yet by constant practice, discipline and care may it be mastered. True it is that Yoga is most difficult of attainment, by a soul that is uncontrolled and that lacketh the touch of the hand of the master. But, nevertheless, the soul, when it has recognized the master-touch of the Real Self, may attain unto true Yoga by care and patience, coupled with firm resolution and determination."

Arjuna: "What fate befalleth him, O Krishna, who though being filled with earnest faith, faileth to attain perfection in Yoga, because of his unmastered mind wandering away from the path of discipline and mastery? Doth he, thus standing between the merit of Right Action on one hand, and Spiritual Attainment

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