The Philosophy of the Bhagavadgita - 8.5 Swami Krishnananda.
-------------------------------------------------- Thursday, January 07, 2021. 01:41. PM. Chapter 8: The Yoga of Action-5. ------------------------------------- Krishna enlightens the mind of Arjuna. “You are mistaken, my dear friend, in saying, ‘I shall not act.’ What does poor action do to you? It cannot harm you. It is an impersonal requisition of the law of the cosmos, and in the obedience of yours in respect of it, you shall not be bound. Rather, you shall be liberated, because the activity of the cosmos is towards the liberation of the spirit.” It is not intended for binding you, for the whole of creation moves towards Self-realisation, finally. We may call it the realisation of the Absolute. -------------------------- Towards that end the universe is evolving, and we are dragged on as when we are in a railway train which is moving. The whole cosmos is a vehicle rushing in a tremendous speed towards Universal Selfhood, the great Atman of the Cosmos, the God of Creation, the...