Path of Knowledge and the Disciplines of Action
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The Blessed Lord said, "I taught this imperishable Yoga to Vivasvan; he then tol...

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This, handed down in regular succession by the royal sages, was known. This Yoga...

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That same ancient yoga has been today taught to you by me, for you are my devote...

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Arjuna said, "Later was Thy birth, and prior to it was the birth of Vivasvan (th...

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The Blessed Lord said, "Many births of Mine have passed, as well as of thine, O ...

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Though I am unborn and of imperishable nature, and though I am the Lord of all b...

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Whenever there is a decline of righteousness and an increase of unrighteousness,...

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For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the e...

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He who thus knows, in their true light, My divine birth and actions, having aban...

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Freed from attachment, fear, and anger, absorbed in Me, taking refuge in Me, pur...

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In whatever way men approach Me, even so do I reward them; My path do men tread ...

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Those who long for success in action in this world sacrifice to the gods; for su...

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The fourfold caste has been created by Me according to the differentiation of Gu...

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Actions do not taint Me, nor do I have a desire for the fruit of actions. He who...

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Having known this, the ancient seekers of freedom also performed action; therefo...

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What is action? What is inaction? Even the wise are confused about this. Therefo...

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For verily, the true nature of action enjoined by the scriptures should be known...

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He who sees inaction in action and action in inaction, he is wise among men; he ...

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He whose undertakings are all devoid of desires and selfish purposes, and whose ...

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Having abandoned attachment to the fruits of the action, ever content, depending...

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Without hope, controlling the mind and the self, having abandoned all covetousne...

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Content with what comes to him without effort, free from the pairs of opposites ...

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To one who is devoid of attachment, who is liberated, whose mind is established ...

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Brahman is the oblation; Brahman is the melted butter (ghee); by Brahman is the ...

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Some yogis perform sacrifice to the gods alone; while others, who have realized ...

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Some again offer the organ of hearing and other senses as a sacrifice in the fir...

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Others again sacrifice all the functions of the senses and those of the breath (...

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Others again offer wealth, austerity, and Yoga as sacrifice, while ascetics of s...

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Others offer as sacrifice the outgoing breath into the incoming, and the incomin...

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Others who regulate their diet offer life-breaths in each life-breath. All these...

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Those who eat the remnants of the sacrifice, which are like nectar, go to the et...

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Thus, manifold sacrifices are spread out before Brahman at the face of Brahman. ...

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Superior is wisdom-sacrifice to the sacrifice with objects, O Parantapa (scorche...

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Know that the wise who have realized the truth will instruct thee in that knowle...

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Knowing that thou shalt not, O Arjuna, again be deluded like this; and by that t...

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Even if thou art the most sinful of all sinners, yet thou shalt surely cross ove...

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As the blazing fire reduces fuel to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowled...

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Verily, there is no purifier in this world like knowledge. He who is perfected i...

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The one who is full of faith, devoted to it, and has subdued their senses obtain...

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The ignorant, the faithless, and the doubting self go to destruction; there is n...

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He who has renounced actions through Yoga, whose doubts have been dispelled by k...

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Therefore, with the sword of knowledge (of the Self), cut asunder the doubt of t...