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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 -

no creature or created thing on earth or in the super-terrestrial hosts, which is free from the operation of the Gunas or Qualities that spring from Nature's bosom.

'The duties of the various castes, and classes, and divisions of kind among men, are determined by these Gunas or Qualities, which are within the nature of each. The Priestly Caste of Brahmans, hath the duty of serenity, self-mastery, zeal, purity, patience, rectitude, wisdom, learning, and religious knowledge. The Warrior Caste, of Kshatriyas, hath the duty of courage, bravery, fortitude, honor, obedience, discipline, nobility and soldierly conduct. The Farmer Caste, of Vaishyas, hath the duty of industry, knowledge of the soil, of grains, of fruits, of cattle, and knowledge of trading, buying and selling. The Laboring Caste, of Sudras, hath the duty of faithful service, industry, attention, faithfulness, and honesty. And each duty is inspired and fostered by the Natural Disposition of each, which springeth from the Gunas, or Qualities, coming down to the man through his past thoughts, desires, and lives in the shape of character.

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