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Additional selections from Srimad Bhagavad Gita
Shree Krishna:
With his soul fixed in union with Brahma,
he attaineth to bliss everlasting. He
whose heart is unattached to external experiences
(touches), experienceth that joy which liveth in the soul.
He who, even here, before he is separated from
his body, can resist the impulse born of desire
and anger—that man is wakeful (Yukta),
that man is happy.
Depending not upon the fruit of action,
he who doeth the work that ought to be
done is a Sannyasi as well as a Yogi; not
he who hath renounced the (sacrificial) fire,
nor he who hath renounced action.
One should raise himself up by his own
self; never should one let himself sink.
For one's own self is his friend and his
own self his foe.
He who seeth Me in all and all in Me,
loseth Me not, nor do I lose him.
Wisdom is better than (blind) practice,
and meditation excels wisdom; resignation
of the fruits of actions exceeds meditation,
and sacred peace immediately follows
resignation.
Translated by Pramada Dasa Mitra
The man who is devoted to his
own duties attains perfection sooner, even if these are ill performed, than another's duty well performed, and
that no man can ever come to harm by doing the work which is determined for him by his own nature.
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