Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita, often referred to as simply the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture in Sanskrit that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata...
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A person whose all works are free from selfish desires and motives, and whose all Karma is burned up in the fire of Self-knowledge, is called a sage by the wise.
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Renunciation of the fruit of work is better than meditation.
inspire others performing works
The enlightened one should inspire others by performing all works efficiently without attachment.
inferior inherent natural nature ordained superior unnatural work
One's inferior natural work is better than superior unnatural work. One who does the work ordained by one's inherent nature incurs no sin.
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Dedicating all works to Me in a spiritual frame of mind, free from desire, attachment, and mental grief, do your duty.
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Success in work comes quickly in this human world.
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Always perform your duty efficiently and without attachment to the results, because by doing work without attachment one attains the Supreme.
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One's inferior natural work is better than superior unnatural work. Death in carrying out one's natural work is useful. Unnatural work produces too much stress.
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Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectly than it is to do somebody elses work perfectly.
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Some philosophers say that all work is full of faults and should be given up, while others say that acts of sacrifice, charity, and austerity should not be abandoned.
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The wise should work without attachment, for the welfare of the society.
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Knowledge is better than mere ritualistic practice, meditation is better than mere knowledge, renunciation of the fruit of work is better than meditation, peace immediately follows the renunciation of (the attachment to) the fruit of work.
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All works are being done by the energy and power of nature, but due to delusion of ego people assume themselves to be the doer.
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Some perceive God in the heart by the intellect through meditation; others by the yoga of knowledge; and others by the yoga of work (or Karma-yoga).