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from the story of arjuna and krishna
'...arjuna, the chief warrior of the pandavas ( who are trying to get back to their territory) asks krishna to be his charioteer. as the battle is about to start, arjuna asks krishna to drive him between the two battle lines before he blows the trumpet to signal the beginning of the battle. when arjuna is there between the lines, he sees men on both sides whom he admires, whom he holds as his masters in philosophy. arjuna drops his bow and says, 'better i should die here than precipitate this battle.'
krishna asks him, 'whence comes this ignoble cowardice? this is not befitting a warrior.' krishna then recites that wonderful phrase of the transcendent, which is the battle cry of the gita: 'that which no sword can touch, rain does not wet' - the eternal is not touched by your sword, but processes of history are underway, and it is your duty to participate. krishna gives arjuna this wonderful clue to the performance of action as yoga. it is the yoga of war - the yoga to perform your duty without fear or desire of the results.
what is the basic principle of action? if you get interested in the results you're going to get thrown off-center, and your performance is going to suffer. just go right in there without fear or desire, either for yourself or for others, and do what has to be done; take the big step.'
- joseph campbell
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