Self-Control VIII

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Om Namah Sivaya

 

Bhagavad Gita:

 

From Chapter VII: The Yoga of Action

 

4. Not by the non-performance of actions does man

reach actionlessness, nor by mere renunciation does he

attain to perfection.

 

COMMENTARY: Even if a man abandons action, his mind

may be active. One cannot reach perfection or freedom

from action or knowledge of the Self, merely by

renouncing action. He must possess knowledge of the

Self.

 

5. Verily none can ever remain for even a moment

without performing action; for, everyone is made to

act helplessly indeed by the qualities born of Nature.

 

 

COMMENTARY: The ignorant man is driven to action

helplessly by the actions of the Gunas—Rajas, Tamas

and Sattwa.

 

Tirukural:

(301) It is restraint that restrains rage when it can

injure. If it cannot harm, what does restraint really

matter?

 

Sri Ramakrishnaya Namah

 

 

 

 

 

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