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DETAILED CONTENTS OF VOLUME I
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(kršņārpana)-but these verbal differences are not made, if confusion results-the fusion of Faith and Spiritual Knowledge in the Gita Religion--there is no room for 'Samnyāsa' in the Path of Devotion--there is no conflict between Devotion (bhakti) and Action (karma)--devotees of the Blessed Lord and Universal Welfare--worship of and sacrifice to the Blessed Lord by one's own Actions only-whereas the Path of Knowledge is open to the three re-generate classes, the Path of Devotion is open to women and to Sūdras etc.—there is Release, even if one surrenders oneself to the Parameśvara at the time of death--the superiority of the Religion of the Gitā over other religions
... p. 566-618