Set thy heart upon thy work, but never on its reward.

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Shrimad Bhagavad Gita

Shrimad Bhagavad Gita is the holy book of Hindus. Shrimad Bhagavad Gita is one of the most influential treatises in eastern philosophy. The Shrimad Bhagavad Gita is the eternal message of spiritual wisdom from ancient India. Bhagavad Gita is 5151 years old yet it is still absolutely new and relevant in today's time. Gita apart from being a religious scripture, is a scripture of life as well.

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The Gita is not a book of commandments but a book of choice.

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We behold what we are, and we are what we behold.

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The true goal of action is knowledge of the Self.

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All that we are is the result of what we have thought. We are made of our thoughts; we are molded by our thoughts.

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Reshape yourself through the power of your will; never let yourself be degraded by self-will. The will is the only friend of the Self, and the will is the only enemy of the Self.

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The Gita places human destiny entirely in human hands. Its world is not deterministic, but neither is it an expression of blind chance: we shape ourselves and our world by what we believe and think and act on, whether for good or for ill.

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Perform all work carefully, guided by compassion.

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There is more to life than the everyday experience of our senses.

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Selfish action imprisons the world. Act selflessly, without any thought of personal profit.

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They live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense craving tormenting the heart.

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When a person responds to the joys and sorrows of others as if they were his own, he has attained the highest state of spiritual union.

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