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Yogi Ramacharaka

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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 -


Part 13 - The Knower and the Known - p. 128

Then spake Arjuna unto Krishna, the Blessed Lord, saying:

'Tray inform me, Blessed Lord, concerning that which we call the Personal Self, and that great Something beyond and above this, which we call the 'I,' or 'Ego,' or perchance, the 'Soul/ which knows. Tell me of this Knower and also of the Known, or which is seemingly Known."

Krishna: 'That which thou calleth thy Personal Self, Arjuna, is called by philosophers, 'The Known.' That which thou calleth the T,' the 'Ego/ or the 'Soul/ is called by the philosophers 'the Knower.' And remember this, O Prince, that I am the Knower of the Known in whatever form it may appear and manifest. This understanding of the Knower and the Known is esteemed by Me as Wisdom worthy of attainment.

"Now, listen to My words, while I inform thee of the nature of the Known; what it

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