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The Upanishads, Part II summary

Part II of 170 · 1 min to read the part

In II, a person who desires a hundred years of earthly life receives instruction to perform righteous deeds without selfish motives, offering them to the Lord. The commentary distinguishes actions driven by lower desires, which bind a person to ignorance, from actions surrendered to God, which purify and liberate.

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  1. A person seeking a hundred years of life receives instruction to live through righteous deeds.
  2. Such action keeps the consequences of deeds from defiling the person.
  3. Someone attached to longevity and possessions may pursue right action when unable to pursue Self-knowledge.
  4. Actions driven by lower desires bind, while actions offered to God purify and liberate.

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