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Part VI: Self Mastery.1429
Part VI: Self Mastery.
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hen spake, again, Krishna, the Blessed Lord, unto Arjuna, the Prince of
the Pandus, saying:
“Hearken unto my words, O Prince. Truly say I unto thee, that he, who
performeth honorably and to the best of his ability, such Action as may
appear to him to be plain and righteous Duty remembering always that he
has naught to do with the reward or fruits of the Action, is both a Renouncer
of Action, and also a Performer of the Service of Right Action. More truly is
he an Ascetic and Renouncer than he who merely refuses to perform Actions;
for the one hath the spirit of the doctrine, while the other hath grasped
merely the empty shell of form and letter. Know thou such Intelligent Right
Action as Renunciation; and also know that the best of Right Action without
Intelligent understanding of the renunciation of results is not Right Action
at all.
“In the earlier stages of the path, Right Action is taught as the most meritgaining
plan; while to the same man, when he hath attained Wisdom and
Understanding of the Doctrine, and hath also freed himself from attachment
even unto Right Action, then to him Calm Meditation and Serene Peace of
Mind is called the better. To each is given, according to his needs and stage
of unfoldment. When a man frees himself from attachment to the Fruits