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Arjuna's Despondency: Quick Summary

Seeing his own people before him, Arjuna's body gives way: his limbs weaken and the bow begins to slip from his hand (1.29-30).

English 11 min Arjuna's Despondency

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Karma and Akarma: Acting Without Being Bound: Quick Summary

Three things are to be known: right action, wrong action and non-action, and even the wise are confused about them (4.16-17).

English 9 min Karma and Akarma: Acting Without Being Bound

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Who Is the Doer?: Quick Summary

All actions are done by the qualities of nature, but a mind deluded by ego thinks 'I am the doer' (3.27).

English 9 min Who Is the Doer?

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Work as Sacrifice: Quick Summary

Action done in the spirit of sacrifice frees; all other action binds in this world (3.9).

English 12 min Work as Sacrifice

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Working Under Pressure: Quick Summary

Work pressure has three layers: the real demand of the work, fear of the result and inner panic.

English 13 min Working Under Pressure

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Life Feels Too Heavy: What to Give Up and What to Keep, According to the Gita

Give up the grip on results and the wants that drive you; do not give up your duties (18.2, 18.11).

Simple English 6 min Relinquishment and Renunciation of Action

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Must You Quit Your Work to Find Peace? What the Gita Says

Both leaving the world and carrying on can lead to the highest good, but carrying on with a loose grip is the better way for most of us (5.2).

Simple English 6 min Renunciation or Karma Yoga?

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Dreading Monday on Sunday Night: Three Weights of Work Pressure and How the Gita Lightens Each

Work pressure is three weights, not one: the work, the fear of the result and the wave of panic.

Simple English 6 min Working Under Pressure

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Praise Lifts You, a Sharp Word Drops You: Keeping the Mind Level, as the Gita Teaches

Pleasure and pain, praise and blame come and go like weather; the Gita asks us to bear them (2.14).

Simple English 5 min Equanimity

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The Gita on Work Pressure: Three Layers, Three Handles, and a Workday Practice (Gita 2.14, 2.47-51, 3.30, 5.12)

Work pressure has three layers: the demand of the work, the fear of the outcome and the wave of panic inside.

In Depth English 12 min Working Under Pressure

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Worn Out From Copying Someone Else? What the Gita Says About Doing Your Own Work in Your Own Way

It is better to do your own duty imperfectly than another's duty well (3.35).

Simple English 6 min One's Own Duty

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Why Does One Small Remark Spoil My Whole Day? What the Gita Says

Anger is not where trouble begins. The Gita puts it fourth, after dwelling, attachment and desire (2.62).

Simple English 6 min From Thought to Ruin

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Action, Knowledge, Meditation or Devotion: Where Should I Begin? The Gita's Own Answer

The Gita names four ways, action, knowledge, meditation and devotion, and says they lead to the same place (13.25, 5.5).

Simple English 7 min The Paths: Action, Knowledge, Devotion

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Busy All Day, Yet Free Inside: What the Gita Means by Doing Nothing in Action

In the Gita, doing nothing in action means that nothing binds, and it does not mean that nothing is done (4.18, 4.20).

Simple English 5 min Karma and Akarma: Acting Without Being Bound

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How Do I Stop Worrying About the Result Without Giving Up on It?

The work is ours and the result is not, because the result depends on much more than us (2.47, 18.14).

Simple English 6 min Action Without Claiming the Fruit

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Can Saying "I Am Not the Doer" Excuse My Mistake? What the Gita Says

'I am not the doer' is meant to lessen pride and dread, not to avoid a mistake (3.27, 5.8).

Simple English 3 min Who Is the Doer?

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Is It All Right to Ask a Question? What Arjuna Teaches Us

The Gita runs on Arjuna's questions, and Lord Krishna turns none of them away (3.2, 3.3).

Simple English 5 min Arjuna's Questions

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How to Stop Worrying About the Result: Offer Your Work

The worry is not in the work but in clinging to the result. The Gita says to do the work and then hand it over to the Lord (3.30).

Simple English 5 min Offering All Actions

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Proud When It Works, Crushed When It Fails: Am I the Only One Behind It?

Your effort is real, but it is never the only cause of a result. Every action has five causes (18.14).

Simple English 6 min Who Is the Doer?

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Who Is the Doer? The Five Causes of Action and the Mistake of 'I Do It All'

The Gita does not remove the doer. It removes the belief that I do everything and that it is all mine (3.27, 18.16).

In Depth English 13 min Who Is the Doer?