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forget his duty towards his country and king That is why Sri Krishna told him that he was a hypocrite :-"Thou talkest like a wise man, but thy actions betray thee to be a coward ; therefore, stand up and fight!"
Such is the central idea of Karma-Yoga. · The Karma-Yogin is the man who understands
that the highest ideal is non-resistance, and who also knows that this non-resistance is the highest manifestation of power in actual possession, and that what is called the resisting of evil is but a step on the way towards the manifestation of this highest power, namely, non-resistance. Before reaching fittingly this highest ideal, man's duty is to resist evil; let him work, let him fight, tet him, strike straight from the shoulder. Then anly, when he has gained the power to resist, will non-resistance be a virtue.
I once met a man in my country whom ! had known before as a very stupid, dull person who knew nothing and had not the desire to know anything, and was living the life of a brute.
