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Verse 12·12

Knowledge is superior to mere ritual

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श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज् ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते ।ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस् त्यागाच्छांतिरनन्तरम् ॥

Better indeed is knowledge than practice; than knowledge, meditation is better; than meditation, renunciation of the fruit of action; on renunciation follows peace.

Gītā 12·12

From The Experiential Architecture · After Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita · incarnateword.in