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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 -

"Blessed is he that doeth his work as well as he can --- that performeth his duty faithfully, according to his nature and walk of life --- for from such good work coupled with a contented mind, doth Perfection arise.

"Listen thou, Arjuna, while I informeth thee how Perfection is gained by him who is intent upon his own duty, and who is faithful in the performance thereof.

"He who worketh to his best, in the line of his duty, and then offereth his work, and labor, and Duty, as a sacrifice to THE ABSOLUTE SPIRIT, from which proceedeth all the principles of Nature, Life, and the Universe, and from which is spread out the Universal Life in all of its forms and shapes and degrees of manifestation --- he that worketh and who performeth his Duty in that spirit, verily I say unto thee, that man obtaineth Perfection by reason of such service and sacrifice. This is the Supreme Sacrifice of Life, which each man must offer to the Supreme Source of Life.

"Far better it is for one to perform his own Duty in the world, even though that work be lowly, and possessing faults, than the Duty of another, though the work be great and well-

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