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Speaker 1: Light on acts in their consequences. One of the commonest

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excuses for wrong doing is that if right were done,

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calamity would ensue. Thus the foolish concern themselves not with

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the act, but with the consequence of the act, a

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foreknowledge of which is assumed. The desire to secure pleasant

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results and to escape unpleasant consequences is at the root

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of that confusion of mind, which renders men incapable of

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distinguishing between good and evil, and prevents them from practicing

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the one and abandoning the other. Even when it is

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claimed that the wrong thing is done not for one's

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self but in order to secure the happiness of others,

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the delusion is the same, only it is more subtle

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and dangerous. The wise concern themselves with the act and

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not with the consequences. They consider not what is pleasant

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or unpleasant, but what is right. Thus, doing what is

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right only, and not straining after results, they are relieved

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of all burdens of doubt, desire, and fear. Nor can

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one who so acts ever becomes so involved in inextricable difficulty,

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or be troubled with painful perplexity. His course is so simple,

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straight and plain, that he can never be confused with

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misgivings and uncertainties. Those who so act are said by

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Krishna to act without regard to the fruits of action,

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And he further declares that those who have thus renounced

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results are supremely good, supremely wise. Those who work for

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pleasant results only, and who depart from the right path

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when their own or other's happiness appears to be at stake,

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cannot escape doubt, difficulty, perplexity, and pain. Ever forecasting probable consequences,

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they act in one way today and in another way tomorrow.

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Unstable and blown about by the changing wind of circumstance,

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they become more and more bewildered. The consequences about which

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they trouble do not accrue. But they who work for

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righteousness only, who are careful to do the right act,

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putting away all selfish considerations, all thoughts of results, they

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are steadfast, unchanging, untroubled, and at peace amid all vicissitudes,

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and the fruits of their acts are ever sweet and blessed.

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Even the knowledge which only the righteous possess that wrong

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acts can never produce good results, and that right acts

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can never bring about bad results, is in itself fraught

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with sweet assurance and peace. For whether the fruits of

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acts are sought or unsought, they cannot be escaped. Those

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who so to self and ignorant of the law of truth,

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think they can make their own results, reap the bitter

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fruits of self. They who sow to righteousness, knowing themselves

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to be the reapers and not the makers of the consequences,

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reap the sweet fruits of righteousness. Right is supremely simple

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and is without complexity. Error is interminably complex and involves

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the mind in confusion. To put away self and passion

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and establish oneself and right. Doing this is the highest wisdom.