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Knowledge and Reality

“At the end of many births,
The man of knowledge finds refuge in me” VII, 19

“Robbed of knowledge by stray desires,
men take refuge in other deities” 20

“All creatures are bewildered
At birth by the delusion
Of opposing dualities
That arise from desire and hatred.” 27

“Creative force, known as action” VII, 3

“Be freed from the bonds of action” 28

“He really sees who sees philosophy
And discipline to be one” V, 5

“Knowledge is obscured by ignorance,
So people are deluded.” 15

“The man of discipline has joy,
Delight, and light within” 24

“For a man without self mastery,
The self is like an enemy at war.” VI, 6

“When a man disciplines his diet
And diversions, his physical actions…
Discipline destroys his sorrow.” 17

oh lord i am way too stupid for this

“A man cannot escape the force
of action by abstaining from actions” III, 4

“But when a man finds delight
within.. and feels inner joy
and pure contentment in himself,
there is nothing more to be done” 17

“Always perform with detachment
Any action you must do” 19

“Desire obscures knowledge
And confounds the embodied self” 40

“His senses subdued, gains knowledge
…finds perfect peace” IV, 39