Only this time, it was a longer discourse. More chapters. More allegories. And not only his personal views, but a recounting of conversations between other people, who sought the same knowledge. Here karma yoga was explained; the importance of duties performed without expectation of result. Here gyana yoga was explained; the understanding that beyond the visible mortal deha resides the invisible immortal dehi. But there was no bhakti yoga. Shyam did not reveal his cosmic form and there were no conversations on trust. That had made sense on the brink of the war, not during peacetime, after
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