Commentary on the Srimad Bhagavad Gita- Discourse 6.5. - Swami Krishnananda.
------------------------------------------------ Saturday,January 16, 2021. 03:08. PM. Discourse 6: The Third Chapter Begins – The Relation Between Sankhya and Yoga -5. Post-5. -------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hence, Sankhya and yoga represent two aspects of the behaviour of the human individual whereby there is participation in the work of prakriti in the process of evolution on the one hand, and there is an understanding as to where we are moving on the other hand. As I mentioned, Sankhya and yoga go together like two wings of a bird, as it were, and the bird cannot fly with just one wing. Merely abstaining from physical action is not inaction, because the mind may be acting. Our intention is the action. Our thought is the action. Our feeling is the action. The movements of our hands and feet are not action. If a person is inactive physically but is very active through the mind, he is verily performing action. But if a person has withdrawn...