| Bhagavad Gita |
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RIGHT ACTION |
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with what comes to him of itself, having transcended the pairs of
opposites, free from hatred, facing with equal composure success and
failure, though acting he does not create bonds for himself.
IV-22 Sacrifices are prescribed in the Vedas, but, by a bold though gentle process of interpretation, the Gita evolves the idea that the essence of sacrifice is not ceremonial but the giving up of selfish desires. Sacrifices, the Gita says, may take various forms according to the true interpretation of the Vedic teachings. All sacrifices involve activities. This, again, is a reason why action should not be given up but just liberated from the trammels of desire and shaped into sacrifice. After thus broadening the definition of Sacrifice, the Gita says:
The food that remains after sacrifice gives immortality. Those who eat it go to the changeless Brahma. He who does not sacrifice gains nothing even in this Iife; not to speak of the life beyond. IV_31 |
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