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instructions. Only then we will be able to free
ourselves from distress, worries and problems.
This is the essence of Gita's philosophy of
life.
THE DEATH
Gita's treatment of death is as clear and
detailed as that of life. The death is never
away from life even for a moment. It travels
along life. Interestingly, the death is the most
effective guard of man. Says Gita:
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"One who is born must die one day. So
shall the dead be born again.' This is
inviolable. The death performs two functions.
It alienates the man from one point and aligns
him with the other. One of the meanings of
mrityu (the death) is : it converts the body