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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 -

bondsman of joy or sorrow --- he is moved by the Rajas Guna. And that Agent, who is stupid, slothful, inattentive, stubborn, indiscreet, careless, inactive, and dilatory, and who lacketh energy and the right spirit of work -- he is moved by the Tamas Guna.

"And, further, O Arjuna, Prince of Pandu, who art my pupil and dearly beloved student, listen while I inform thee clearly and without reserve concerning the threefold divisions and nature of Intelligence and Will.

"That Intelligence which knoweth how and when to enter into an undertaking, and how and when to withdraw; what is needful to be done, and what is needful to refrain from doing; --- which knoweth what is Fear, what Fearlessness, and what Prudent Caution; what is Freedom, what Bondage, and what Foolish License; --- that Intelligence cometh through Sattvas Guna. And that Intelligence which knoweth not fully what is proper and what is improper --- what is right and what is wrong -- this imperfect understanding being because of the sway of personal desire and passion, which warpeth the reason, and which causeth one to see every act by the light of his own personal

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