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A Study of the Bhagavadgita - Chapter 6.8. Swami Krishnananda.

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  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, June 29, 2021. 6:31.PM. Chapter 6: Sankhya ā€“ The Wisdom of Cosmic Existence - 8. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. So whoever consumes things for himself, without being grateful to the gods who are responsible for his very existence, is a thief. The benefits that accrue to you in this world are the gifts of the gods. It will be so if you appreciate that the adhidaiva is controlling you, even when you breathe. The connection between you and the world, which is what you call life in this world, is actually caused by the action of something which is neither you nor the world outside. Should you not be grateful for that? Gratitude is the greatest virtue. If you are not even conscious of the gifts that you receive from the higher sources and imagine that you are the doer and the enjoyer, while you are neither the doer nor the enjoyer because...