Dispassion: the loosening of attraction and aversion, so that the mind is no longer pulled around by what it meets.
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How do you work hard without being tied up by praise, results and the sense of 'mine'? The Gita's verses say freedom comes not by stopping work but by loosening your grip. With one small practice for today.
Level: Simple English 6 min Freedom Through Action
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How action stops binding and what karma yoga finally gives. Gita 18.49 to 18.56 in order: letting go of the grip, training the mind, serenity, devotion and refuge in the Lord, with an example and a practice.
Level: In Depth English 13 min Freedom Through Action
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A close reading of Gita 18.49 to 18.56: how action stops binding, what the mind must gather and give up, the road from the state of Brahman to devotion, the hard questions, and the commentators' two streams.
Level: Deeper English 19 min Freedom Through Action
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How does one reach the highest freedom from the bond of action while still acting, what must the mind gather and give up, and how does peace lead on to devotion? The subject of Gita 18.49 to 18.56.
English 9 min Freedom Through Action
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How action stops binding, what the mind must gather and give up, and how serenity ripens into devotion: the subject of Gita 18.49 to 18.56.