THE “SELF” IN CARL JUNG, ATMAN IN THE GITA AND ANATTA IN THE DHAMMAPADA
The noted psychoanalyst Carl Jung has contemporized the concepts of soul and spirit with his theories of the “Self.” His work on individuation and the “Self” have amazing parallels with atman of the Gita and anatta of the Dhammapada.
Jung studied the [...]
The Eighteenth Teaching
Renunciation and Freedom
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Arjuna:
Krishna I want to know what it means to renounce and what it means to relinquish and the difference between the two.
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Krishna:
Giving up actions based on desire, the poets know as “renunciation;” relinquishing all fruit of action, learned men call “relinquishment.”
Some wise men say all action is flawed and must be [...]
The Seventeenth Teaching
Faith and Its Power
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Arjuna:
Men who ignore the scriptures but worship with faith (shraddha), Krishna, what quality prevails in them—lucidity (sattvas), passion (rajas), or inertia (tamas)?
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Krishna:
The faith is threefold. Each person is ruled by the quality predominant in him–lucidity, passion, or dark inertia.
The faith each man has, Arjuna, follows his inborn nature; a man’s [...]