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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 -

cline to food which hath been dressed the day before, and that which is out of season; also that which hath lost its savor and hath grown putrid; also the uneaten parts of others' meals, and all food that is unclean and impure.

"And as to Worship, know the three forms. The man of Sattvas Guna doth worship according to the custom of the Sacred Writings without desire of reward; with pure heart worship for the love of worship; and with a mind ever attentive to that which he worshipped. And he, of the Rajas Guna nature, doth worship as the hypocrite with mind full of hope of reward; asking favors and seeking merit and notice --- such is his vain worship. And he of the Tamas Guna nature doth worship without faith, or devotion, or thought, or reverence, and without spirit --- such is his so-called worship, which is not worship at all, but which is merely a form of habit and custom, and stupid, sheep-like following of customary motions and forms.

"Respect for the Heavenly Beings; the Holy Men; the Learned Men; Masters; together with Chastity, Rectitude, the Worship of God, and Harmlessness --- these constitute

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