Path of Selfless Service
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Arjuna said: If Thou thinkest that knowledge is superior to action, O Krishna, w...

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With this seemingly perplexing speech, you seem to be confusing my understanding...

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The Blessed Lord said, "In this world, there is a twofold path, as I said before...

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Man does not reach actionlessness by not performing actions; nor does he attain ...

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Verily, no one can remain for even a moment without performing action; for every...

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He who, restraining the organs of action, sits thinking of the sense-objects in ...

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But whoever, controlling the senses by the mind, O Arjuna, engages himself in Ka...

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Perform your bounden duty, for action is superior to inaction, and even the main...

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The world is bound by actions other than those performed for the sake of sacrifi...

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The Creator, having in the beginning created mankind together with sacrifice, sa...

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With this, nourish the gods, and may the gods nourish you; thus, nourishing each...

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The gods, nourished by the sacrifice, will give you the desired objects. So, he ...

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The righteous who eat the remnants of the sacrifice are freed from all sins; but...

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From food come forth beings; from rain, food is produced; from sacrifice arises ...

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Know that action comes from Brahma, and Brahma comes from the Imperishable. Ther...

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He who does not follow the wheel thus set in motion, who is of sinful life, rejo...

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But for that man who rejoices only in the Self, who is satisfied with the Self a...

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For him, there is no interest whatsoever in what is done or not done; nor does h...

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Therefore, without attachment, always perform the actions that should be done; f...

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Janaka and others attained perfection indeed through action alone; even with the...

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Whatever a great man does, others also do; whatever he establishes as the standa...

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There is nothing in the three worlds, O Arjuna, that needs to be done by Me, nor...

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For, should I not ever engage myself in action, unwearied, people would in every...

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These worlds would perish if I did not perform action; I would be the author of ...

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As the ignorant act out of attachment to action, O Bharata, so should the wise a...

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Let no wise man unsettle the minds of ignorant people who are attached to action...

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All actions are wrought in all cases by the qualities of Nature alone. He whose ...

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But he who knows the Truth, O mighty-armed Arjuna, about the divisions of the qu...

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Those deluded by the qualities of Nature are attached to the functions of the qu...

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Renouncing all actions in Me, with the mind centered on the Self, free from hope...

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Those who constantly practice this teaching of Mine with faith and without cavil...

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But those who criticize My teaching and do not practice it, deprived of all know...

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Even a wise man acts in accordance with his own nature; beings will follow their...

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Attachment and aversion for the objects of the senses abide in the senses; let n...

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Better is one's own duty, though devoid of merit, than the duty of another well ...

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Arjuna said, "But what compels man to commit sin, even against his wishes, O Var...

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The Blessed Lord said, "It is desire and it is anger, both of the quality of Raj...

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As fire is enveloped by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, and as an embryo ...

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O Arjuna, wisdom is enveloped by this constant enemy of the wise, in the form of...

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The senses, the mind, and the intellect are said to be its seat; through these, ...

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Therefore, O best of the Bharatas, control your senses first and then kill this ...

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They say that the senses are superior to the body; the mind is superior to the s...

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Thus, knowing Him who is superior to the intellect and restraining the self by t...