[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

American/International Gita Society Bhagavad Gita
A Karma-yogi çø who is content with whatever gain comes naturally by His will, who is unaffected by
pairs of opposites, and free from envy, equanimous in success and failure çø is not bound by Karma.
(4.22)
All Karmic bonds of a Karma-yogi çø who is free from attachment, whose mind is fixed in Self-
knowledge, and who does work as a service to the Lord çø dissolves away (4.23)
The Spirit shall be realized by the one who considers everything as a manifestation, or an act, of the
Spirit. (Also see 9.16) (4.24)
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPIRITUAL PRACTICES OR SACRIFICES
Some yogis perform the service of worship to celestial controllers, while others study scriptures for Self-
knowledge. Some restrain their senses and give up their sensual pleasures. Others perform breathing and
other yogic exercises. Some give charity and offer their wealth as a sacrifice. (4.25-28)
Those who are engaged in yogic practices, reach the breathless state of trance by offering inhalation into
exhalation and exhalation into inhalation as a sacrifice (by using short breathing Kriya techniques). (4.29)
Others restrict their diet and offer their inhalations as sacrifice into their inhalations. All these people are
the knowers of sacrifice, and are purified by their sacrifice. (4.30)
Those who perform selfless service obtain the nectar of Self-knowledge as a result of their sacrifice
and attain the Supreme Being. O Arjuna, even this world is not a happy place for the non-
sacrificer, how can the other world be? (See also 4.38, and 5.06). (4.31)
Many types of spiritual disciplines are described in the Vedas. Know that all of them are the action of
body, mind, and senses prompted by the forces of Nature. Understanding this, one shall attain Nirvana or
salvation. (See also 3.14) (4.32)
ACQUIRING TRANSCENDENTAL KNOWLEDGE IS A SUPERIOR
SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
Acquiring transcendental knowledge is superior to any material sacrifice çø such as giving charity.
Because, purification of mind and intellect that eventually leads to the dawn of transcendental
knowledge and Self-realization is the sole purpose of any spiritual action. (4.33)
Acquire this transcendental knowledge from a Self-realized master by humble reverence, by
sincere inquiry, and by service. The empowered ones, who have realized the Truth, will teach you.
(4.34)
file:///C|/WINDOWS/DESKTOP/GLENNS~1/KONSTA~1/Bhagavad%20Gita.htm (18 of 65) [04/11/03 01:41:25]
American/International Gita Society Bhagavad Gita
After knowing the transcendental science, O Arjuna, you shall not again become deluded like this. With
this knowledge you shall see the entire creation within your own higher Self, and thus within Me. (See
also 6.29, 6.30, 11.07, 11.13) (4.35)
Even if one is the most sinful of all sinners, one shall yet cross over the ocean of sin by the raft of Self-
knowledge alone. (4.36)
As the blazing fire reduces wood to ashes; similarly, the fire of Self-knowledge reduces all bonds of
Karma to ashes, O Arjuna. (4.37)
TRANSCENDENTAL KNOWLEDGE IS AUTOMATICALLY REVEALED TO
A KARMA-YOGI
Verily, there is no purifier in this world like the true knowledge of the Supreme Being. One
discovers this knowledge within, naturally, in course of time when one's mind is cleansed of
selfishness by Karma-yoga. (See also 4.31, and 5.06, 18.78). (4.38)
The one who has faith in God, is sincere in yogic practices, and has control over the mind and senses
gains this transcendental knowledge. Having gained this knowledge, one quickly attains supreme peace or
liberation. (4.39)
The irrational, the faithless, and the disbeliever (atheist) perishes. There is neither this world, nor the
world beyond, nor happiness for the disbeliever. (4.40)
BOTH TRANSCENDENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND KARMA-YOGA ARE NEEDED
FOR NIRVANA
Work does not bind a person who has renounced work çø by renouncing the fruits of work çø through
Karma-yoga, and whose confusion with regard to body and Spirit is completely destroyed by the
application of Self-knowledge, O Arjuna. (4.41) [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]