Topics: Chapter 4

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How Action Stops Binding: Gita 4.16 to 4.24 Explained

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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Seeing Inaction in Action: A Close Reading of Gita 4.16 to 4.24

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