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The Philosophy of the Karma Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita - 4 : Swami Krishnananda

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======================================================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Spoken on July 15, 1979.) 06/09/2019. 4. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The inimical attitude is to be distinguished from the spirit of renunciation. We do not renounce the world because the world is an enemy. The renunciation is a spirit rather than an action. It is not something that we do, but what we think in our mind. While this new avenue of thought may require a physical changing of atmosphere, the emphasis should be on the thought rather than on the action. The mind has not been able to adapt itself with the conditions of life due to its ignorance of its own relationships with people outside and things in general. The duty that we are expected to perform in the world, the so-called...