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superior to every temptation, even though troubled by the pangs of poverty and hunger," (D) Ibid, p. 174 Stanza III.7: "... But he whose mind is truly restrained will, for instance, listen to the praise of God, or of good men. He will keep himself occupied with such activities as ennobles the soul. That is the path of action. Karma yoga is the yoga (means) which delivers the self from the bondage of the body, and in it there is no room for self indulgence" (E) Ibid, p. 187 Stanza III.33: "... He who justifies himself saying, 'I cannot do this, it is not in my nature', misreads the Sloka, True we do not know our nature, but habit is not nature, Progress, not decline, ascent and not descent, is the nature of soul, and therefore every threatened decline or descent ought to be resisted." See Chapter I section Doctrine of karma for details Amritchandra, Purusharthasiddhiupaya, stanza 42-48. It is one of the books Gandhi kept on his coffee table. Mahadeva Desai, The Gita according to Gandhi, op. cit., pp. 195
MK Gandhi, Harijan, 14.4.1946, p.80, quoted from, "The meaning of God',http://www.gandhimanibhavan.org/gandhiphilosophy/philosophy_god_meaning. htm, accessed on 16-04-2004 My.Ex., op.cit, p.287: “That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul"; [Navajivan, 24-11-1921, CWMG 21:42735]: ... Moksha is a condition of supreme value. It is the highest state of the atman [the self). It is so rare a condition that to attain it much more effort and patience are necessary than, say, for emptying the sea drop by drop with a blade of grass. A perfect description of that state is impossible. A Tirthankar will naturally command, without seeking them, the powers which belong to the state immediately preceding moksha. One who has attained freedom while still living in this body will suffer from no physical disease. In a body untroubled by desire there can be no disease. There can be no disease where there is no attachment. Where there
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