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 [...]
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 [...]