Readings

The Eighteenth Teaching

Posted by Madhu B. Wangu on August 27, 2010

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 [...]

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The Seventeenth Teaching

Posted by Madhu B. Wangu on August 21, 2010

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 [...]

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The Sixteenth Teaching

Posted by Madhu B. Wangu on August 13, 2010

Sixteenth Teaching
Divine and Demonic Character Traits
Krishna
Fearlessness, purity of heart, determination in the discipline of knowledge, charity, self-control, non-violence, gentleness, honesty;
Integrity, truth, joys in the study of the scriptures, a tranquil mind, compassion for all beings, lack of greed, modesty, patience, and reliability,
dignity, kindness, resolve, clarity, absence of envy and of pride; these characterize a man [...]

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