Resolve or intention; in the Gita, the mind’s imagined plans from which desires are born.
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What is action, what is wrong action and what is inaction? Gita 4.16 to 4.24 explained in order: how a person can act all day and not be bound, through five marks and a vision of the act as an offering.
Level: In Depth English 9 min Karma and Akarma: Acting Without Being Bound
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Is Gita 2.62–63 a law of the mind or a warning? Three streams of commentary, six objections and the questions the verses raise, answered from the Gita and the tradition.
Level: Deeper English 17 min From Thought to Ruin
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Chapter 3 rejects non-action as an exit and chapter 4 praises it as the mark of the wise. A close reading of Gita 4.16 to 4.24: two senses of akarma, five marks, and the act seen as an offering.
Level: Deeper English 11 min Karma and Akarma: Acting Without Being Bound
Quick summary
Right action, wrong action and non-action are told apart in Gita 4.16 to 4.24. It shows how one can work all day and still not be bound.
English 9 min Karma and Akarma: Acting Without Being Bound