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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 -

arise therefrom, and persist until the higher Wisdom is gained, which overcometh the qualities that bind the soul to the things and objects of the material world. The Soul is that superior nature of one, which, dwelling in the body, doth observe, direct, protect and partake of Life.

"He who thus comprehendeth Prakriti, or Nature; Purusha, or Soul; and the Gunas, or Principles of Nature, even as I have spoken of them to thee, Arjuna, though he may be living in any state or condition or manner -- he shall not be again subject to mortal birth.

"Some men, by means of meditation, behold the Universal Soul within Nature --- the Soul within the Body. Others attain the perception by means of Renunciation of Action. And others, still, by the Service of Right Action. Others there be who have not discovered this truth of themselves, and in themselves; but have heard the doctrine and teachings from others, and thereafter heed the same and respect it and attend unto it. Yea, I say unto you, O Arjuna, that even these last, if they manifest earnest faith and attention, and observe the truth thus obtained by them --- even

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