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PRACTICE OF KARMA YOGA
The standard of right and wrong he sets up by his own conduct, by that the common masses go
Though you are a Yogi or a Jnani, do no unsettle the minds of the ignorant people who are attached to action Do the actions diligently which the ignorant have to do and make them do those actions Glorify action. Make all action very attractive The wise should not disturb unknowing persons of petty understanding.
Lord Krishna says to Arjuna "All actions are wrought by the qualities of nature only The self, deluded by egoism, thinketh: 'I am the doer'. But he, O mighty-armed, who knoweth the essence of the divisions of the qualities and functions, holding that 'the qualities move amidst the qualities', is not attached to the functions of the qualities The man of perfect knowledge should not unsettle the foolish whose knowledge is imperfect Suriendering all actions to Me, with thy thoughts resting in the supreme Self, freed from hope and egoism, and of mental fever cured, engage in battle " Ch. III-27, 28, 29 and 30.
"There is nothing in the three worlds, O Partha, that should be done by Me, nor anything unattained that might be attained, yet I mingle in action For if I mingled not ever in action, unwearied, men all around would follow My path, O son of Pritha The world would fall into ruin if I did not perform action. I should be the author of confusion of castes, and
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