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“It's a civil war, and Arjuna knows a lot of people who are on the opposite side of the battlefield - they've been his friends.”

People Knows War Sides Yoga Opposites Karma Civil War Battlefields Karma Yoga Arjuna

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Suddenly they have to face each other down - you've got to kill your friends.”

Faces Yoga Karma Karma Yoga

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Arjuna is a warrior of great renown, says he won't fight. He tells Krishna: I can't fight because I love these people. It's immoral. It's unjust. There's no winning.”

People I Can Fighting Winning Yoga Karma Warrior Unjust Immoral Krishna Karma Yoga Renown Arjuna

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Enlightenment is represented by Sri Krishna, who is said to be an avatar.”

Said Enlightenment Yoga Karma Krishna Karma Yoga

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Krishna says, fight. He says, go out in the battlefield and kill those people whom it's your job to kill.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“In the big picture we are all eternal.”

Bigs Eternal Yoga Karma Big Picture Karma Yoga

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Krishna suprises Arjuna. He says go fight, go kill. Do this because it's only play money. You can't kill your friends any more than they can kill you.”

Play Fighting Yoga Karma Krishna Karma Yoga Arjuna

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Kirshna says its better to be a winner than a loser. It runs counter to what a lot of people whould think, because they have watered down, quasi-religious ideas about that which creates in enlightenment.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“The more talented the opponent, the luckier you are. You have draw a great deal of strength from your being.”

Deals Draws Yoga Karma Opponents Karma Yoga

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The difficult opponent is the best.”

Difficult Yoga Karma Opponents Karma Yoga

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Kirshna's message is eternal - fight!”

Fighting Eternal Messages Yoga Karma Karma Yoga

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Yoga means we take responsibility for the tasks in our life. Whatever we are supposed to have karmically, life gives us. The question is: how do we handle it?”

Giving Mean Responsibility Our Lives Yoga Tasks Karma Handle Taking Responsibility Karma Yoga

Author:Frederick Lenz

“You don't need a special task. Every task is special.”

Needs Special Yoga Tasks Karma Karma Yoga

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The most giving souls are those who give when they don't have to give, who could just walk away from this world and its suffering and merge with eternal existence and bliss forever.”

World Giving Soul Suffering Walks Existence Forever This World Eternal Yoga Karma Bliss Karma Yoga

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Some persons choose, rather than stay in immortal bliss all the time, to come back for others.”

Persons Yoga Karma Bliss Immortal Karma Yoga

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Christ didn't have to. Buddha didn't have to. They came back to teach. They came back to die, to suffer, when it was no longer necessary for them to do so.”

Suffering Dies Christ Teach Yoga Karma Karma Yoga

Author:Frederick Lenz

“If you are fortunate enough to meet such a being then you will really learn selfless giving. You'll see that every second, every moment of their awareness is directed towards others.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“You can tell a person's level of spiritual devlopment simply by watching how much they give.”

Giving Persons Spiritual Levels Yoga Karma Karma Yoga

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The true hallmark of how advanced a person is, is how they treat those around them. Not simply what they say or what they preach, but the results they generate, how kind they are.”

Kind Persons Results Yoga Treats Karma Hallmark Karma Yoga

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Selfliss giving rounds the edges in spiritual practice. Many people can meditate very well but they're still very egotistical.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Meidtation and selfless giving must always go together. They work together to create immortality.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Meditation without selfless giving is not enough. You may go into very high states of consciousness but the rough edges will still be there - there may be lots of selfish motives lurking within the self - that you don't see.”

“Selfless giving is friendliness. An attitude towards life, a reverence for life. It is one of the highest of all ways.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Be kind, be loving, be generous. Give of yourself, give of your time and you'll be free. It's the oldest secret, the one thats most often forgotten - and that is to have fun through giving.”

Giving Kind Fun Secret Yoga Forgotten Karma Having Fun Generous Be Kind Karma Yoga

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Each day try and go through the day with an attitude of being a servant to the world. You'll benefit the most - and the way will be joyous.”

World Way Trying Attitude Benefits Yoga Karma Servant Each Day Joyous Karma Yoga

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Eternity, I don't know what's right or wrong, good or bad. I may be doing what's right or I may be deceiving myself. So instead, what I'm going to do is give my life to you.”

Knows Giving May Yoga Eternity Karma Deceiving Karma Yoga

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Giving my life to you may mean leading a very ordinary life or it may mean leading an extraordinary life. It may mean having a family and a career or it may mean going beyond all that to just work for others. It's hard to say. Rather than making a decision myself, I'm going to give my life to you, to do with as you will, because I know that you are my self, you are my very being.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“When this life ends, I will be absorbed back into you. I have come forth from you . You are all good and you know all that there is. So please act in me and through me at every moment and every second. Let me be but an extension of your being. Teach me how to live and love selflessly, at all times.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“The secret of karma yoga which is to perform actions without any fruitive desires is taught by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita.”

Action Desire Secret Lord Taught Yoga Karma Krishna Karma Yoga Gita Lord Krishna

Author:Swami Vivekananda

“Jnana, bhakti, yoga and karma - these are the four paths which lead to spiritual freedom. One must follow the path for which one is best suited. But in this age, special stress should be laid on karma yoga.”

Should Age Spiritual Path Four Special Yoga Stress Karma Karma Yoga Bhakti Yoga Bhakti Spiritual Freedom

Author:Swami Vivekananda

“Who cares for your bhakti and mukti? Who cares what your scriptures say? I will go into a thousand hells cheerfully if I can rouse my countrymen, immersed in tamas, to stand on their own feet and be men inspired with the spirit of karma-yoga. I am a follower only of he or she who serves and helps others without caring for his own bhakti and mukti!”

“I have written and spoken my thoughts over many years. Now I'm on new ground and spirit. I want to bring these together. Things like karma yoga, bhakti yoga, conscious dying, conscious aging. Consciousness.”

Want Years Together Spirit Consciousness Written Dying Conscious Yoga Aging Karma My Thoughts Karma Yoga Bhakti Yoga Bhakti

Author:Ram Dass

“Though the names 'karma', 'yoga' and 'sannyasa' are different, the truth at the heart of both is the same.”

Heart Different Names Yoga Karma Karma Yoga

Author:Vinoba Bhave