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metaphors used for the body are: a vehicle, an abode, and a cage for
Atma, the spirit soul. All beings, O Arjuna, have a formless or
subtle body before birth, and after death. They have a physical body
only in between the birth and the death. What is there to grieve
about? (2.28)
Just do your duty to the best of your
abilities and without getting discouraged by the thoughts of outcome
or the outcome itself which may be success or failure, gain or loss,
victory or defeat. By doing your duty with this attitude, you will
not incur any sin or Karmic bondage. (2.38)
To a God-realized person Vedas, the books
of knowledge, are as useless as a reservoir of water when there is
flood water available everywhere. A scripture is no longer needed
after one has already realized God. A scripture is only an aid in
God-realization. (2.46)
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