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CHAPTER 6 ATMA SANYAM YOGA
In the opinion of the author this chapter is one of those chapters of Gita, which are nearest and closest to some basic doctrines of Jainism.
As already observed before, under the heading “Universality of Gita's teachings” Gita is not a sectarian scripture and caters to the need of almost all types of philosophical out looks generated by Indian culture. It is therefore necessary to point out some basic differences of the approaches of Shramana traditiion (to which Jainism and Buddhism belong), and Vedic tradition because in the opinion of this author Gita can not be equated with that Vedic tradition which gives promience to rituals and ceremonies to please various types of gods ruling over different phases of nature. As we proceed further we find that even Gita discounts these rituals for the purpose of
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