Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Teaser Tuesday (23-3)

Give us this day our Tuesday Tease -- from Should Be Reading.

In this world there are two main paths:
the yoga of understanding,
for contemplative men; and for men 
who are active, the yoga of action.

Not by avoiding actions
does a man gain freedom from action
and not by renunciation
alone, can he reach the goal

- pg. 62 of Stephen Mitchell's The Bhagavad Gita: chapter 3, verses three and four. It makes me think of the old struggle between the active and contemplative lives, as well as Buddha's "middle way".

3 comments:

  1. I've been meaning to read that for years.

    Mine is here.

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  2. I remember dipping into this back in the '70s, but I've never read the whole thing. Maybe one of these days, though. Great teaser!
    Here's mine.

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  3. Hopefully I'll finish it soon. :)

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