| THE Bhagavad
Gita presents a synthesis of the highest spiritual effort of the individual with the most
practical social co-operation. We should carry on the activities of life, but we should do
so remembering that all that we do belongs to God. Work done in this spirit will not cling
to us in re-birth. This teaching that is expanded in
the Bhagavad Gita is found tersely enunciated in the Isavasyopanishad in the first two
verses. Everything in the universe abides in the Supreme Being. Realize this well,
and, realizing it, cast off the desires that rise in the heart, for example, the thought
of possessing what is enjoyed by another. Joy comes only by the giving up of desires and
attachments. |
