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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 -

concentrated, determined reason and the still higher Spiritual Consciousness, is unknown.

"The object of the spiritual teachings is the instruction of the thoughtful ones to the end that they may rise above these Three Qualities or Gunas. Be thou free from them, O Arjitna! Free thyself from the pairs of opposites --- the changeful things of finite life; and careless about the same dwelleth thou in the consciousness of the Real Self. Be free from worldly anxiety, and the fierce cravings for material possessions. Be self-centered and uncontrolled by the illusions of the finite world.

"Just as does the full water-tank, when drawn upon, supply the crystal fluid which will fill every vessel according to its shape and size, so do the spiritual teachings, when drawn upon, furnish just what is needed to fill the mind of the earnest student, according to the degree and character of its development.

"So rule thy actions and thought that thy motive be Right Doing rather than the Reward which may come from the action. Be not moved by hope or expectation of what may come as the result of thy action. But also

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