IT IS ACTION MOTIVATED BY SELFISHNESS THAT BINDS A MAN WHEREAS WHEN THE SAME IS PERFORMED WITHOUT AN EYE TO ITS FRUITS AND WITH EQUANIMITY IT LIBERATES THIS IS THE YOGA OR BUDDHIYOGA THAN AT ARJUNAS REQUEST SRI KRISHNA DESCRIBES THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MAN OF STEADY SPIRITUAL WISDOM AS A MODEL FOR ARJUNAS EMULATION THE STHITIPRAJNA HAS ABANDONED ALL DESIRES ND IS EVER CONTENTED IN HIS OWN SELF HE IS UNMOVED BY PLEASURE AND PAIN HE IS FREE FROM ATTACHMENT FEAR OR ANGER HE HAS ABSOLUTE MASTERY OVER HIS SENSES HE IS EVER AWAKE TO THE HIGHEST TRUTH AND IS INDIFFERENT TOWARDS THE WORLD HE IS WELL ESTABLISHED IN THE STATE OF BRAHMAN EVEN AT THE LAST MOMENT OF HIS LIFE
SECRET OF RIGHT ACTIVITY
SRI KRISHNA SAYS
FOR MOST PEOPLE PERFORMANCE OF ONE DUTIES WITH A CONTROLLED MIND FOR THE GOOD OF THE WORLD IS THE EASIER AND THE BETTER PATH THE WORLD CYCLE AS SET IN MOTION BY THE CREATOR NEEDS EVERYONE TO DO HIS ALLOTTED DUTIES SO THAT T WORKS SMOOTHLY THE PATH OF WORK IS IN NO WAY INFERIOR SINCE MANY GREAT PERSONS LIKE JANAKA IN THE ANCIENT DAYS ATTAINED PERFECTION THROUGH IT ALONE LEADERS OF SOCIETY ARE EXPECTED TO SHOW THE WAY TO THE LESS ENLIGHTENED ONES BY DOING THEIR DUTIES PERFECTLY BY CULTIVATING THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARDS WORK AND BY OFFERING IT TO HIM ONE IS NOT TAINTED BY IT EVEN WHILE WORKING DOING ONES OWN DUTY HOWEVER IMPERFECT IT MAY APPEAR TO BE IS FAR BETTER THAN THE PERFORMANCE OF OTHERS DUTIES RELINQUISHING ONES OWN WHAT NORMALLY SPOILS ONES WORK AND EVEN IMPELS ONE TO EVIL WAYS OF LIFE IS SELFISH DESIRE AS ALSO ANGER THESE TWO HAVE TO BE CONQUERED BY SUBDUING THE SENSES AND RAISING THE MIND TO THE LEVEL OF ATMAN OR THE SOUL
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