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>>14485793
Thesis: Polytheism
Antithesis: Monotheism
Dialectical-Synthesis: all the gods are emanations of the one Supreme Being

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>>13277087
The Bhagavad-Gita is better

>“Lord Shri Krishna said: This imperishable philosophy I taught to Viwaswana, the founder of the Sun dynasty, Viwaswana gave it to Manu the lawgiver, and Manu to King Ikshwaku!

>The Divine Kings knew it, for it was their tradition. Then, after a long time, at last it was forgotten.

>It is the same ancient Path that I have now revealed to thee, since thou are My devotee and My friend. It is the supreme Secret.

>Arjuna asked: My Lord! Viwaswana was born before Thee; how then canst Thou have revealed it to him?

>Lord Shri Krishna replied: I have been born again and again, from time to time; thou too,

>O Arjuna! My births are known to Me, but thou knowest not thine.

>I have no beginning. Though I am imperishable, as well as Lord of all that exists, yet by My own will and power do I manifest Myself.

>Whenever spirituality decays and materialism is rampant, then, O Arjuna, I reincarnate Myself! To protect the righteous, to destroy the wicked and to establish the kingdom of God, I am reborn from age to age.

>He who realises the divine truth concerning My birth and life is not born again; and when he leaves his body, he becomes one with Me.

>Many have merged their existences in Mine, being freed from desire, fear and anger, filled always with Me and purified by the illuminating flame of self-abnegation.

>Howsoever men try to worship Me, so do I welcome them. By whatever path they travel, it leads to Me at last.

>Those who look for success, worship the Powers; and in this world their actions bear immediate fruit.

>The four divisions of society (the wise, the soldier, the merchant, the labourer) were created by Me, according to the natural distribution of Qualities and instincts. I am the author of them, though I Myself do no action, and am changeless.

>My actions do not fetter Me, nor do I desire anything that they can bring. He who thus realises Me is not enslaved by action.

>In the light of wisdom, our ancestors, who sought deliverance, performed their acts. Act thou also, as did our fathers of old.

>What is action and what is inaction? It is a question which has bewildered the wise. But I will declare unto thee the philosophy of action, and knowing it, thou shalt be free from evil.

>It is necessary to consider what is right action, what is wrong action, and what is inaction, for mysterious is the law of action.

>He who can see inaction in action, and action in inaction, is the wisest among men. He is a saint, even though he still acts.

>The wise call him a sage, for whatever he undertakes is free from the motive of desire, and his deeds are purified by the fire of Wisdom.

>Having surrendered all claim to the results of his actions, always contented and independent, in reality he does nothing, even though he is apparently acting.

>Expecting nothing, his mind and personality controlled, without greed, doing bodily actions only; though he acts, yet he remains untainted.