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is content and thankful to God whatever he
earns by his efforts and devotion. He has faith
in God's system of dispensation of justice in
accordance with the outcome of his deeds.
Self-knowing person keeps his senses, mind
and intellect under control. He doesn't involve
himself in mindless disputes and futile matters.
He knows the value of time. He makes use of
the worldly objects as if they are medicines.
Medicine is used carefully, neither less nor
more than necessary. Make use of the world
similarly, i.e. upto the required extent. The
knowledgeable person withdraws his mind and
intellect from vices, sins and wrong acts and
engages them in virtuous deeds by his power
of knowledge. Gita has this to say about
ignorance :
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"Knowledge is concealed by ignorance,
and this leads the people to illusion." To