If, clinging to ego, you think 'I will not fight' — this resolve of yours is false; your own nature will compel you.
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The Bhagavad Gita, translated and commentated by S. Radhakrishnan, is one of the most scholarly and accessible English renderings of Hinduism's most beloved scripture — the dialogue between Arjuna and Lord Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Radhakrishnan, philosopher and statesman, brings both rigorous intellectual insight and genuine spiritual depth to his translation and notes. This edition is treasured for its ability to illuminate the Gita's universal spiritual teaching across cultural and philosophical boundaries.
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One cannot attain knowledge unless one is free from egotism.
The root cause of a person's suffering is their pride. Even if someone makes a sacrifice, they can still get caught up in their own pride. What is the point of such a sacrifice? It is pride, or ego, that should be sacrificed. That is where true happiness and bliss are found.
Then win over your ego and mind.
However, those communications that come from the devil can be difficult to understand and recognize. Although they typically leave the will dry and unloving towards God, and the mind inclined towards vanity, self-importance, or complacency, they sometimes inspire the soul with false humility and a fierce affection rooted in self-love.
Every person who has annihilated their ego and is completely separated from themselves hears a voice within their heart saying, 'I am God.'