The Bhagavad Gita is a dialogue between a warrior and a teacher, set on a battlefield before the first arrow is fired. The 700 verses that follow Arjuna's collapse contain what may be the most compressed and complete teaching on duty, action, identity, and liberation in any tradition.
Karmanye vadhikaraste ma phaleshu kadachana
"You have the right to action alone, never to its fruits. Let not the fruits of action be your motive, nor let attachment be your reason for inaction."
— Bhagavad Gita, 2.47
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