The Bhagavad GitaThe Bhagavad Gita is an episode in the Mahabharata, the Indian epic whose main story involves a war between two royal families. However, the essence of the Gita is concerned not with rights and wrongs but with the deepest aspects of spiritual life. |
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action activity acts ancient application Arjuna attain battle becomes beginning Bhagavad Bharata birth body born brahman called cause creatures death delusion desire devotion dharma discipline disinterested divine doubt earth elemental embodied entire eternal event evil exist faith fear field final fire five follow forces fruits Gita give gods gunas hand happiness hear higher highest hold human idea ignorance immortal individual insight interest karman Kaunteya kill kinds king knowledge known Kṛṣṇa lives Lord manifest master māyā means mind nature objects offer one's organ Partha perceives performed person philosophy practice pure rajas reach reborn regarded relation remains renounced ritual sacrifice sattva seers senses serenity soul spirit spring stand success tamas task term things thought transcends ultimate understanding universal unmanifest Veda Vedic warriors whole wise yoga yogic yogin yoked