The blessed Lord said: . . . Not for a moment can a man stand still and do no work;  For every man is powerless and forced to work by the constituents born of Nature.  Whoso controls his limbs through which he acts but sits remembering in his mind Sense-objects, deludes himself;  He’s called a hypocrite.  How much more excellent he all unattached, Who with his mind controls those limbs, And through those limbs themselves by which he acts, Embarks on the Yogic exercise (yoga) of works!  Do thou the work that is prescribed for thee, For to work is better than to do no work at all;  For he who does not work will not succeed even in keeping his body in good repair.  This world is bound by bonds of work, save where that work is done for sacrifice.  Work to this end, then, Arjuna, From attachment freed.              III:  5-9 Cast all thy works on Me, Thy mind in self withdrawn.  Have neither hope, nor thought that ‘This is mine’: Cast off this fever!  Fight!                                     III:  30   Explain how the above passages from the Bhagavad-gita were significant in the development of certain Hindu ideals.  What is the context for such ideals

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  1. The blessed Lord said: . . . Not for a moment can a man stand still and do no work;  For every man is powerless and forced to work by the constituents born of Nature.  Whoso controls his limbs through which he acts but sits remembering in his mind Sense-objects, deludes himself;  He’s called a hypocrite.  How much more excellent he all unattached, Who with his mind controls those limbs, And through those limbs themselves by which he acts, Embarks on the Yogic exercise (yoga) of works!  Do thou the work that is prescribed for thee, For to work is better than to do no work at all;  For he who does not work will not succeed even in keeping his body in good repair.  This world is bound by bonds of work, save where that work is done for sacrifice.  Work to this end, then, Arjuna, From attachment freed.              III:  5-9

Cast all thy works on Me, Thy mind in self withdrawn.  Have neither hope, nor thought that ‘This is mine’: Cast off this fever!  Fight!                                     III:  30

 

Explain how the above passages from the Bhagavad-gita were significant in the development of certain Hindu ideals.  What is the context for such ideals?

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