Topics: Destiny

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If Everything Is Fate, Is Hard Work Useless? What the Gita Says

After honest effort, the result may still be out of our hands, and the mind says that fate decides everything. What does the Gita say? A farmer's case, two verses and a practice of two columns before you start a task.

Level: Simple English 3 min Who Is the Doer?

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If Destiny Decides Everything, Why Make an Effort? Gita 18.14, 2.47, 2.40 and 6.40 Answer

The Gita lists destiny among the five causes of action and denies a right to the fruit. Does that make effort pointless? The count of the five causes, the third clause of 2.47, why effort is never lost, and two opposite mistakes, read from the verses.

Level: In Depth English 5 min Who Is the Doer?