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Sankhya

2 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on Sankhya. Explore teachings across 1 chapter.

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Chapter 5 • Verse 4 →The Yoga of Renunciation
Sankhya-yogau prithag balah pravadanti na panditah, ekam apy asthitah samyag ubhayor vindate phalam

Only the ignorant see Sankhya (knowledge/renunciation) and yoga (selfless action) as different paths; the wise know that one who follows either sincerely attains the fruit of both. They are not truly separate — they converge in the same liberation.

  • •Knowledge and action are not truly separate
  • •The wise see unity where the uninformed see division
  • •Sincere practice of either path reaches the same destination
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Chapter 5 • Verse 5 →The Yoga of Renunciation
Yat sankhyaih prapyate sthanam tad yogair api gamyate, ekam sankhyam ca yogam ca yah pashyati sa pashyati

The state reached by followers of Sankhya is also reached by practitioners of yoga; those who truly see, see that Sankhya and yoga are one. This is the unifying vision that dissolves the false debate between contemplation and action.

  • •The destination of both paths is identical
  • •True vision perceives the unity of knowledge and action
  • •Sectarian distinctions dissolve in genuine understanding
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