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reference to Jain Buddhist or Ajivika atheistic philosophies which were plenty in Mahvira's time. This suggests that Gita might have been composed before the advent of Mahvira and Buddha that is, somewhere in early sixth century B.C. when Sankhya of Kapila dominated the field of philosophy. This seems to be the reason why the core teaching of Gita is to show the distinction between "Sanyasa” and“ Karma Yoga”. Gita recoginizes both as leading to final liberation but puts greater emphsis on “Karma Yoga"if action is performed without attachment to enjoy the fruits thereof.
In my attempt to show what is the Jain perception to this core conception of Gita I have pleaded that according to Jainism all actions actually begin the moment they are conceived in mind and therefore if our actions are not motivated in their inception, they have no binding effect. This is in complete accord with the above-referred core teaching of Gita.
It is necessary to note the cosmopolitan
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