Bhagavat Gita - 56

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Bhagavat Gita - 56

 

Gunas and Character types (Chapter 18 verses 40-44)

 

Everything in Nature being thus dominated by the Gunas,

the character types - Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya and

Shudra - and the duties pertaining to them are also no

exception to this domination. Intellectualism and

introspectiveness; dynamism and leadership; industry and

productiveness; discipline and service at all levels -

these are the duties of the four character types based on

their natural constitutions.

 

Work as Worship (Chapter 18 verses 45-49)

 

Knowing all one's endowments are derived from universal

Nature, which is the Lord's power of manifestation, man

must worship that Supreme Being with the faithful and

non-attached discharge of duties that devolve on him. That

is real worship, and by that man evolves spiritually. By

the mere fact that there are some defective elements in

a work one's duty cannot be abandoned. For, defects are

natural to all works as smoke is to fire. If discharged

in a dedicated and detached spirit, as an offering to the

Lord who manifests as society, all blemishes are overcome.

 

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Based on " Srimad Bhagavat Gita - The Scripture of Mankind "

a translation by Rev Swami Tapasyanandaji, published by

Sri Ramakrishna Math - Chennai. http://www.sriramakrishnamath.org/

 

 

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