Evidence : There are lots of things happening which cannot be explained by reason and perception. It is a matter of faith. Truth does not become untruth because nobody has seen it.
"I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and say there is no God."God being indivisible still He is equally divided among all beings and is stable. This worth knowing God is the creator of all living beings, a supporting them and destroying them.
He (Supreme God) is the one who brings out all the senses and He is without all senses,; He is un-attached and he supports the whole universe, and He is free from all attributes and yet He enjoys all of them.God is omnipresent, lives in everyone, within oneself and present in every situation. Tulsidas has said,
" No one can see God, unless one develops a universal outlook first and sheds all narrowness and parochialism."| 1. 2. 3. 4. | God
is here God is now God is in me God is mine |
For believing this no prowess, practice, attributes are
required. These all are self-evident and real. Therefore for believing in this
everyone is capable and everybody is empowered. The only condition is that the
devotees should believe in God.
The
easiest means for attainment of God is through detachment. One should know action
and in-action, also what is wrong action. Because action is always happening and
one should be able to distinguish between actions
a.
Which actions are going to bind
b.
Which actions will get freedom
It
is very difficult to understand and decide this. The one who is able to see action
in inaction and inaction in action, that one is full of wisdom, a sage and he
can do all kind of work. Meaning nothing is left to do, he attains God.
God
is only one but there are many ways to attain Him. He is open to be attained by
all who are modest and pure at heart.
a.
Through Truth Truth is God, and the way to Him is Non-violence."
The simple spiritual truths can never be described. The progress of spiritual
discovery is assured to vary in the case of everyone depending upon one's needs
and personality. That
who surrenders to Lord by word only lord accepts them; Lord has kindness and affection
for all human beings. Lord is aware of everything and knows the inner thoughts
of everyone. a.
The God is my Lord and I am his servant. He has full control over me. He may do
whatever he wants. May keep me in any situation and take any kind of work from
me. Because of his great affection for me, he can get anything done from me without
my consent.
b.
Through Love
c.
Through work
d.
Through Toil - physical action
Gandhiji
said, "
The living Presence of
God is revealed in silence, to each soul, according to his capacity and need.
God is truth and soul his part, is
also a truth, and the relation of soul and God is also truth. Therefore all the
means for attainment of God like Karma yoga, Gyan yoga, and Bhakti yoga are also
truth. The devotee does not need to do any thing for being of God. He is of God,
but the activities leading to untruth, materialistic things, happenings, when
he develop or believes in relationship with them, then the devotee is not able
to see his truthful relationship with God. Therefore for removing this relationship
with the untruth, the karma yogi considering body, senses, mind, intelligence
as things from this world puts them into the use or service of this world. He
believes, as a small particle is part of this big world; similarly this body is
also part of whole of the universe. By believing in this the actions will be for
this world but the Nitya yoga will be for self i.e. attainment of God will be
for self.
Surrender all activities
unto God by mind and thoughts; take refuge in God and following equality. Always
put your heart into God.
In
this four things are important:
1.
Surrender all actions to God by mind and thought;
2.
Surrender self to God;
3.
Following equality break your relationship with this world;
4.
Become continuously merged in God, meaning make determined relationship with me
In reality there are four
situations. The relationship with the God is always there. There is no break in
the relationship. The break cannot happen and there is no possibility of a break.
This continuous Nit Yoga is known as 'Love', because in 'Love' lover and affection
both are the same. Here dissimilarity can never happen, for exchange of love between
the God and the devotee, the game of union and separation happens.
b. God
is my friend and I am his friend. He is my lover and I am his lover. He has full
right over me and I have full right over him. I agree to all he says, he also
will have to agree to whatever I say.
c.
I am the mother and father of the God or his teacher and he is like our own child
or student; therefore we have to bring him up. We have to look after him so that
he may not incur injury on self.
d.
In this, the devotee believes in strong relationship with God, same relationship
of similarity. By believing in similarity 'we have things for happiness and pleasures
of God, so that he should not feel any unrest.
Let us understand the true
meaning of renunciation and relinquishment separately.
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Some learned know renunciation as ascertism and some learned know leaving the
fruit of all actions as relinquishment. Learned say that one should leave the
action like a limitation and some learned say that sacrifice, charity and penance
should not be given up. Between Ascertism and relinquishment -first let us discuss
relinquishment; relinquishment is of three kinds:
Sacrifice,
charity and penance should not be given up, but these should be performed. Because
sacrifice, charity and penance, purify the wise sages. Being unattached and denouncing
fruit of all actions one should do these activities and all other activities -
this is God's decided and great opinion (as said in the 629th verse in BG). Denouncing
daily activities is not right. Leaving them with attachment is known as "dullness".
All
the actions, will finally give pain - if one denounces all actions because of
physical pain or fear, this relinquishment is known as "passionate"
and it does not get the fruit of relinquishment.
Only
duty is to be done -one who performs daily duties without attachment and without
desire of fruit, this is known as "goodness" relinquishment. The one
who has no malice towards work of non-prosperity and not attached with the work
of prosperity, that wise man without doubt is stable in his situation. Reason
being it is impossible for the man with the body to leave all work. Therefore
it is said the one who denounces the fruit of action only he is relinquisher.
The one who does not denounce
the fruit of action, he gets three kinds of fruit of action, even after death
like pleasant, un-pleasant or a mixture of both; but the one who denounces the
fruit of action there is nofruit for him whatsoever.
In this world, desire is the only binding factor; there is no other binder. The one who is able to detach from desire he becomes capable of attaining God. Due to desire what man should be doing, that he does not perform and performs what he should not be doing. In this manner desire attracts the man. We should understand from this that if something becomes a barrier in the fulfillment of the desire then anger is produced. But if there is no barrier in the desire, then greed takes birth after desire and due to greed, attraction produces. Meaning if we do not get materialistic things due to desire,angis produced. And if we get the materialistic things then greed is born and then mourn or attraction or attachment is born. One should remember if the man loses this body without attainment of God in the desire and enjoyment of worldly pleasures, he will not get the human body again.
Pure performer, seeker of knowledge, seeker of wealth, and man of wisdom - meaning one with love for all: - these four type of people worship me. Meaning they take refuge in me. Out of these four devotees the wise who loves all is the greatest. Because he is always in union with the divine and I am extremely dear to him and he is extremely dear to me.
The one whose mind is not fully in his control, it is difficult for him to attain. But by practice and by techniques one can learn self control and attaining is possible through proper means, I believe in this.
It is left open to one to call God by as many names as one wants to for one's spiritual contentment. Guru Nanak ji said that the name does not matter, if He is enshrined in our hearts. It really matters very little, how, when and where one worships God. God is same for all mankind. God is everywhere and He only wants single minded devotion and worship in what ever form it may be. Everyone is free to pray to God as one likes.
"When you are in the dark, listen, and God will give you a very precious message ."When we are not detached and give importance to the materialistic things we look forward to God to fulfill our dreams. When we surrender to God, We are in the care of God who knows our needs for the better than we know and fulfills the same before we ask. We are part of God and God lives in us.
7. Is it possible for God to watch the deeds of everyone on this earth?Those who are indulging in desires, consider, Heaven as the greatest. Believe in the said systems in Veda's, there is nothing other then enjoyment of results for those who say like this and they are discontented ones. They say words, which lead to the results of karma to get into the cycle of re-birth and set rituals for attainment of power & enjoyment.
11. What is a religion?Gandhi ji also says that Religions are not for separating men from one another, they are meant to bind them. It is a misfortune that today they are so distorted that they have become a potent cause of strife and mutual slaughter.
Ganghiji's
views on the fundamental unity and equality of religions, the brotherhood of man,
and the true nature, and purpose of religion He says all the great religions of
the world are true more or less. "More or less" because religion, as
conceived by man, can never be perfect even as man, being man, can never be perfect,
perfection being the exclusive attribute of the God alone. "If all faiths
outlined by man are imperfect, the question of comparative merit does not arise.
All faiths constitute a revelation of Truths, but all are imperfect and liable
to error." "We must, not," think that our religion alone represents
the whole Truth, and all the others are false.
Religion
is purely a personal matter. Gandhiji simply cannot imagine that "a man will
become good or attain salvation only if he embraces a particular religion."
For, purity of character and salvation depend, according to him, entirely upon
the purity of one's heart.
Some
times I think one day would it be possible for the whole mankind to have only
one religion, as there is one God? And if one wishes to pray, one could go into
a Temple, a Church, a Mosque or a Gurudawar whichever comes first, one would go
inside and communicate with God. Will it be possible some day?
Mahatma
Gandhi said," This is a strange question. Just as a tree has a million leaves,
similarly though God is one, there are as many religions as there are men and
women though they are rooted in one God. We do not see this plain truth because
we are followers of different prophets and claim as many religions as there are
prophets."
Every
one is free to worship the God in his own manner. The objective is
to merge into God.
Mahatma Gandhi
said, " Religion is purely a personal matter. There are in reality as many
religions as minds. Each mind has a different conception of God from that of the
other.
Belief in one God is the corner
stone of all religions. But I do not foresee a time when there would be only one
religion on earth in practice. In theory, since there is one God, there can be
only one religion. But in practice no two persons I have known have had the same
and identical conception of God. Therefore, there will, perhaps, always be different
religions answering to different temperaments and climatic conditions. But I can
clearly see the time coming when people belonging to different faiths will have
the same regard for other faiths that they have for their own. Think that we have
to find unity in diversity. We are all children of one and the same God and, therefore,
absolutely equal.
In nature,
there is a fundamental unity running through all the diversity we see about us.
Religions are no exception to the natural law. They are given to mankind so as
to accelerate the process of realization of fundamental unity.
I
claim that all religions are equal. We ought to cultivate the same regard for
other religions that we have for our own. Not to do so is to belittle one's own
faith and expose it to attacks from without.
When
you become aware of God for wholesomeness He is, you become aware of yourself
for who you are.
This human life one does
not get for enjoying ravishing pleasure and pain but is for getting above pleasure
and pain and to get to the great ananda and for getting the ultimate peace, after
attaining which nothing else matters. When one denounces all desires and is content
within oneself at that time one achieves self-realization.
Radha
Krishna ji has said that 'though the truth of self is free to access to all mankind,
it is attained only by very few who are willing to pay the price in self-discipline,
steadfastness and non-attachment. Though the truth is open to all, many do not
feel any urge to see. Of those who have the urge, many suffer from doubt and vacillation.
Even if they do not doubt, many are scared by difficulties. Only a few have succeeded
in braving the perils and reaching the goals'.
One
may try to learn about the absolute reality by any means. But in the end one would
know about self through self-only. What is the difference between seeing, doing,
and knowing. Seeing and doing is mainly by senses and knowing is mainly by self-belief.
1. The one
who is thoughtful, only wants to achieve self-realization. Their objectives, aim
is only to achieve Moksha.
2.
Those who are holy men, they want to get to heaven by doing the right karma. They
consider heaven as great and keep this as their objective.
3.
The common man respects the world only and that is why they want fame in this
world. They keep this fame as their objective.
One
who only (thinks about) views worldly things cannot think about Moksha. Till one
looks for worldly materials and pleasures one cannot think of self-realization.
Happiness
can be attained through detached attachment. Remember learned do not mourn neither
for those who are alive nor who are dead. There are only two things in this world
truth and untruth, soul and body. Out of these two soul is un-destructible and
body is disintegrating i.e. will perish. Neither of these needs not to be, mourned
for, as the one, which cannot be destroyed for that you need not mourn, and the
one, which is destroyable and is going to be finished. For them it is not justified
to mourn. This implies that mourning is not justified either for body or for soul.
If still you want to mourn then only foolishness can be the reason for the same.
The
situations of birth and death, profit and loss and so on, which come in front
of man, are result and fruits of his actions. It is only foolish to mourn for
such good or bad situations. Reason being what ever situation may come either
in favour or against both have beginning and end meaning that situation was not
there earlier and nor will it remain in the end. The situation, which will not
be in the beginning and will not remain till the end and shall not be stable in
between also for even a second. If it was stable then it will not get destroyed.
If it gets destroyed then it is not stable. For such a thing, which gets degenerated
every second whether it is favorable, or against, feeling sad or happy to mourn
or to celebrate is only foolish.
This
is a rule that there is no fault, which does not evolve from affection and desire;
we divide all into two categories
1. Mine - On my side
2. Against me
Learn
to equate the two. Love everyone as mine and attain happiness. When one does not
get sad due to pain and sorrow, does not feel happy during good times, pleasure
and the one who gets above rage, fear, passion deemed to be in a stage of superior
knowledge.
Reason being if you surrender to worldly things, then you mourn,
if you completely surrender to God then your sorrows, worries; all will get disintegrated
and will get finished. Remember all forms are momentary.
For
completing all actions Samkaya doctrine has explained five reasons. In this the
center of the activity and performer, the instruments and various kinds of attempts
and providence is the fifth reason.
The
man, body, voice, and through mind whatever right or wrong activities he starts,
the reason for that is these five factors only. But the one who considers the
self as the doer although, all these five being present, he does not understand
rightly, because his wisdom is not pure.
The
one who is free from ego of self and whose wisdom is not sullied, he even after
slaying all these living beings does not kill them and neither gets bound. The
knowledge, the objective of knowledge and the subject of knowledge - all these
three initiates action. The reason, action and the performer - by these three
the action composes.
In the science
of modes, through the secrets of modes, knowledge, action and performer are said
by three kinds. Through the knowledge, which the devotee among different living
beings sees equally, divided the un-divisible, the imperishable; know that knowledge
as of 'Goodness'.
But the knowledge, meaning through which knowledge the man
knows in different forms the entire living beings, know that knowledge as "passion".
But the knowledge which is attached completely with the single activity body
and which is without the concern, which is without the actual knowledge and is
insignificant narrow that is known as 'Dullness'.
The
action, which is as per the rules of scriptures and is performed without attachment
and without the desire of fruit by man, without hate or malice, this is known
as 'Goodness'.
But the action performed by the man with desires of pleasures,
full with ego or is performed by great labour that is known as 'Passion'.
The
action, which is started with affection without seeing the result, loss, violence
and capability, is known as 'Dullness'.
The
doer who is free from malice, ego, self praise, patience and full of resolution
and who equates success or failure, he is of the 'Goodness nature'.
The
performer who is full of malice, desires of fruit of action, greedy, with nature
of violence, impure and moved by happiness and pain, he is of "passionate"
nature.
The performer who is careless,
ignorant, egoistic, obstinate, un-respectful to the one doing good, lazy, despondent,
procrastinating, he is of 'Dullness' nature.
There
are three differences, between wisdom and steadiness.
The
knowledge that knows the difference between action and non-action, responsibility
and non-responsibility, fear and non-fear and the binding and freedom of self
that wisdom is of 'Goodness' nature.
The
man who does not understand clearly right and wrong, responsibility and non-responsibility,
such knowledge is of 'Passion' nature.
The
wisdom covered by darkness, which believes as right what is wrong and sees everything
up side down that knowledge is of 'Dullness' nature.
Equipped
with stability, the one who controls his mind, breath and all activities of senses,
that is of 'Goodness' nature. The man, which has desire of fruit of action, through
which he performs rightful activities, lust and wealth with great attachment,
he is of 'Passion' nature.
The
man with foolish knowledge does not leave sleep, fear, worry, pain and ego; he
is of 'Dullness' nature.
Now understand
the three kinds of happiness. By practicing which man comes to rejoice and ends
all pains, such happiness be born out of the knowledge about self, which in the
beginning is like poison and like nectar in the end, this happiness is said to
be of 'Goodness' nature.
The happiness,
which begins with the senses, their object is like nectar in the beginning and
like poison in the end, this happiness is known as 'Passionate'.
Sleep,
laziness, and negligence, the happiness, which evolves through them, attracts
self in the beginning and the end, such happiness is of 'Dullness' nature.
In
this world, or in heaven or among Gods and other then him there is no such thing,
which is free from the three modes born or nature.
Learned,
Khastriyas, Vaishas and Sudras, the activities thus born are distinguished as
per the three modes.
In this world
there are two fold way of life. First is by the mean of knowledge and second mean
is of work, in both of these thrust is on action. Both the mean have theirs own
attributes. In both the means knowing and believing are two ingredients, knowing
and believing have no difference among them as knowing is without doubt and similarly
believing is also without doubt. In the things in which we believe there is no
chance of an argument.
Man cannot
attain freedom from action by not doing the work and nor by renunciation he can
attain perfection.
'Bhagawad Gita'
teaches everyone the art of attaining God while performing ones duty. This proves
the Lord means, - one should not get away from duty or action but firmly wants
the devotee to be performing ones duty. Yes, Lord says the poisonous parts of
the action like desires; affection and imbalance of power should be denounced
from the action. In place of getting away from action one should learned to detach
from action.
No one in this universe
even for a second can sustain without work or live without doing anything or an
action, because every one acts of its own by the craving of nature. In reality
if we see nature never get into a situation of non-action because it keeps on
changing every second. The soul in itself is not the doer but when it starts believing
that it has relationship with the body then it starts believing itself to be the
doer of the action. The body keeps on changing every second from childhood to
youth, digestion of the food, regularly breathing seeing hearing or all activities
which happen of its own but the body or the soul starts believing self to be the
doer of few actions. Nature is always changing but the truth and pure never changes.
In reality the materials of the nature have no independent identity. The one who
believes in these Padartha cannot be in a non-performing situation even for a
second. If one experiences and believes that he has no relation with the Padartha
and all activities are happening in Padartha's then such a one will get detached
from the change and action. This detachment diminishes the attaching power of
the Padartha
The one, who forcefully
restrains all his senses and organs from action but keeps on thinking about the
pleasures of those senses in his mind, is said to be one of false conduct. Although
he has detached himself from the senses from outside and thinks he does not do
any action whereas in reality he is continuing to perform under those senses.
The true meaning of control of senses,
that not only one should outwardly control his activities but should also detached
from the desire in the mind of such activities.
The
one who controls his senses by mind and works without attachment engaging the
senses in the action for performing he is supreme of all. One must perform work
according to the knowledge learnt by one because action is better than non-action.
Also it is not true that your life will not be affected by not performing.
Performing
ones duty is like a prayer while performing one gets attached to action therefore
by getting detached from all attachment do your work as a prayer of sacrifices.
All the actions we perform are for
others not for self. Who are these others, it is very important to understand
this, other than self, body-mind-senses-organs all are others. Remember that these
body senses, mind, intelligence are also others. As this world is others all the
above mentioned are also others. A karma yogi considering them others does work
without attachment with them. Not putting senses into the wordy pleasures is serving
the senses. Not letting the mind think bad about anyone is serving the mind. Not
letting the intelligence, analysis think about the responsibility of the others
how they act and what they do, not letting intelligence thinks about it is also
serving the intelligence.
In the earlier
days of creation the Lord of creations created the man along with sacrifices and
action. The Lord of creation said to the man that by performing ones duty you
will elevate everyone and you will get your kalyan. Without the desire of fruit
if one perform ones duty one will get elevated and merge into God. Whereas, if
one performs selfishly then he will, get into cycle of birth and death.
By
working selflessly you help the secondary God and secondary God will help you
thus helping each other you shall attain he purity and progress.
Your
sacrifices will make the God give you the enjoyment and pleasures, which you desire.
The one who enjoys, these pleasures, without putting them into the services of
others, he is a thief.
When we attach
selfishness with any action that action becomes small and a binding or a barrier
on the performer. Taking one away from salvation.
The
one who performs selflessly and attains purity such a man gets above and free
from the pleasures of all senses and organs. But those who perform for themselves,
these sinful people sow sin. Whereas the reality is that once one take determined
decision to get to God the happening of sin stops automatically.
All
living beings come to a existence from food: Food gets birth by rain, rain happens
due to activity. Activity is born from action.
One
should consider action to be originating from the Vedas (Brahma) and Vedas from
Brahma, the imperishable therefore the Brahma imperishable, which generate and
creates all is in the center of all action.
The
one who does not follow the wheel of nature and does not help turning it around.
Such a one enjoying the pleasures generated by it senses waste his life in this
world.
The actions done for the benefits
of others please the God. God is the enjoyer of all services. Giving services
without any desire in return to others is a law of life.
The
one, who is self-contained, happy in self, satisfied in self for him there is
no duty.
The great man who learns to control actions since he has no interest
from the actions that he has performed and no desire of fruits for the actions
he has not performed and he has no selfish desire from any other living being.
Performing and not performing appears to be different whereas in reality
performing and non-performing are quite similar. When we have relationship with
the body and we do not perform, in reality it is performing. Lord has explained
every action has four stages:
1. You have right to action;
2. You have
no right over the fruit of the action;
3. One should not consider self to
be the beneficiary of the fruit of action. One should learn to denounce the fruit
of action;
4. Your non-performance will not get you to God.
Therefore
one should perform ones activities and responsibilities without attachment, because
by performing without attachment one can attain God.
Many
great men like Raja Janaka and others attained God by doing their karmas with
perfection. Similarly one should also work in a manner, with a view to serve the
world. As man gets the wordy material by karma similarly one feels that one will
get to God by karma. But in reality it is not like that, God cannot be attained
due to karma.
Let us understand this;
due to karma we get the transitary things of this world and not the eternal that
is God. Because all karmas are in relation to the destructible things of this
world like body, senses, organs, mind etc. whereas one gets to God only when one
gets detached from these destructible things of the world like body, senses, organs,
mind etc.
Every action has beginning
and end; therefore the fruit of the action also has beginning and an end. One
gets worldy things by action and not by believing whereas one gets to God by believing,
not by action.
Understand this like
this that if one has to solve the problem of mathematics one will have to apply
intelligence and not that believing in the problem will solve the problem.
The objective of the human life is not
to enjoy the fruits of his action, worldly pleasure and collection of worldly
pleasures, it should be sacrifice's, and then only one gets the desire for attaining
God. When the devotee has only one objective of attaining God then no other action
or karma remains of importance. In reality there is no other objective other than
attaining God for human being. The necessity is only to understand and recognize
this action. When one works, with the objective in mind not with the desire for
the fruit of action, such actions are above sin and virtue.
All
actions, works are equal, none is small or big. When one has desire of fruit of
action then by the view of the fruit the action becomes small or big but once
one leaves or denounces the fruit of the action then all actions becomes equal.
Whatever way a great man behaves or
does, others follow him. Whatever he tells, others follows him. A great man is
one who understands the difference between worldly and self and he naturally feels
the body, senses, mind intelligence, money, and family, all these materials are
of this world and not of the self. Not only this, the great man does not consider
sacrifices, love, wisdom, positive attitude as his own because considering these
as his own his personality become dominant, which becomes a barrier or hindrances
in his self realization.
All these
we get from the world, the body, senses, mind intelligence, money, family, land
so all these materials should be put to the right use that is at the service of
others. God considers the one who considers all these as his own and puts them
for self use such a person a thief. When we have the feeling of giving it brings
unity and love to the society whereas the feeling of taking brings friction and
rivalry in the society.
As we have
one body but different organs, and when we have pain in any of the organs, one
believes it to be its own pain. Similarly in this world all the living beings
are different but still they are one only. As when the ill organ of the body gets
well and the whole body gets benefits from it. Similarly when one works within
the rules of the society and according to the time and situation and performs
ones duty, when such a man when acts it benefits the society as a whole. It has
been seen that in the society, which respects these great man, as they behave
the society and people starts believing in the similar manner. Every one looks
upon the great men. Like the driver of a vehicle the great man has special responsibility,
the other people in the vehicle can sleep but the driver has to be awake always.
If his attention gets diverted, it can results into an accident. Similarly in
this world the people who are considered great in their respected fields need
to give special attention to their behaviour and conduct. It is important for
a great man to follow what he preaches.
God
has explained, "I have no duty in the three world and nor is there anything
which is desirable for me. Still I am always performing activities." If the
God does not perform with care then there could be a great loss because all mankind
follows whatever God does. If God does not perform or if He stops performing then
all mankind will get destroyed and God shall be responsible for destroying all
and bring it into non-existing.
The
soul by considering the relationship with the body becomes the onlooker, agreeing
or disagreeing with the body he becomes the permitter, believing self to be the
supporter of the body, experiencing the pains and pleasures along with the body
he becomes the experiencer, and by considering the self as the owner as the supreme
Lord, but because of nature this soul is called the supreme God. He while living
within the body is separate and without relationship with the body.
"God,
by his incessant activity, preserves the world and prevents it from falling back
into non-existence."
Cp St. Thomas: "As the production of a thing
into existence depends on the will of God, so likewise it depends on His will
that things should be preserved; hence if He took away His action from them, all
things would be reduced to nothing". Summa Theol. I, IX, 2c
The
learned works for the betterment of the society as the ignorant works with attachment
to work to maintain the balance of this universe. Till one learns to work without
attachment without desire for the fruit of the action, till such time one cannot
get away from the birth and death cycle.
Till one performs for self his
activity does not end, reason being self is going to be present always but the
fruit of the action is going to get destroyed. Karma Yoga can be made easy if
one starts practicing and believing that it is beneficial to work for the betterment
of the others and not for self.
The
great man should not create a doubt in the mind of the ignorant, which are attached
to their action. The learned man should perform all his action with detachment
and should get similar work and should get similar performance by the ignorant.
Lord has given two directives to the learned:
1. The learned should perform all activity according to the rules of the Shastras.
2. They should get ignorant to perform
in the similar manner as they themselves perform.
All
the activities are performed naturally by the nature, but the one who is controlled
by the ego thinks that I am the doer of these activities.
Body
is a part of this world; therefore body has similar kind of unity with this world.
Man does not consider the world as self but by mistake considers this body as
self whereas body has no existence without this world. But when one considers
body as self then many desires crop up in him like want of women, son, money,
respect, and followers. He is not able to look into the relationship with the
body and he gets away from self-realization with the increasing burdens of these
desires.
I am the body: I am the doer,
the belief in this untruth become so strong that one feels it is very difficult
to leave this belief. I am not the body and I am not the doer when such truth
becomes stronger and ones starts believing in them with determination then it
does not get difficult to believe in this.
Attributes
and actions or materials and activities are continuous changing. Materials get
created and destroyed. All activities have a start and an end. Knowing this is
attainment. The one who has no relationship with material and activity gets attainment.
One who believes in this and does not create any relationship with them and gets
away from them gets salvation.
Man
has the ability to bind relation or not to bind relation, but he has no capability
for activity. The one who has capacity to change has capacity to perform. Man
does not have nature to change whereas nature is continuously changing. Therefore
performance is naturally in nature. That is why when man believes in his relationship
with nature. then he starts believing self as the doer. The doer part of the activity
is for the fruit of the action. Once fruit of the action is not the objective
then activity does not remain and the performer does not become the doer of the
activity.
Those who are attracted
to the modes of nature such ignorant persons keep themselves busy in the modes
of nature and attach themselves to the works produced by the nature. These ignorant,
un-intelligent men should not be confused or unsettled by the intelligent who
know all. What should be done to get out of this relation of the action and the
fruit of action in which one gets attached?
One
with his conscious mind and intelligence dedicate the fruit of action, activities
and responsibilities to God, becoming free from desire, affection and egoism.
Do your duty with responsibility.
One
should perform all work with an attitude of "Thy Will Be Done". One
should work as we are serving the Lord. When the devotee has only one objective,
that of attaining God, then whatever material, goods, commodity one has, they
all become tool. Then the material does not remains good or bad. Therefore one
should dedicate all these material as they are to the God. The things and materials
as God has given the same should be given back to Him. After dedicating all action
to the God, if we still have desire, affection and ego, they all should also be
dedicated to God. By dedicating them to God they will also become pure.
God
has talked about offering all actions. Because man has by mistake considered and
believed the doer- body, senses, mind, wisdom, breath, instruments and the activities
as his own, which were never his, never will be and can never be his.
What
could be the relation of the indestructible with the destructible? Whether one
offers the actions to world, or nature or God - all the three will have the same
result; because this world is a work of nature and God is the lord of this nature.
By this view world and nature both are part of God. Therefore " I am of God
and the things which are said to be mine all such things are of God". In
this manner everything should be offered to God meaning affection and attachment
with them should be removed. After doing so the devotee never needs or wants anything
from world or God, because whatever he needs, God arranges that by Self. After
offering the body and other materials should not appear as of Self, if it happens
so then the offering is not complete.
The
offering to God has the quality that even if the devotee offers with dullness
still he gets an advantage. Reason being the action and the things are not of
self. The actions can be devoted even after performing them. But the real offering
happens only after the relationship with the actions and materials is removed.
The relationship with the actions and materials is removed only when one understands
this firmly that the doer - body, Instruments - materials, action and 'self'-
are all of God only.
The devotee generally
commits this mistake that he tries to believe that the materials are of God but
does not take care to believe that the body and self are also of God. Therefore
his offering remains incomplete. Therefore the devotee should understand firmly
that body, Instruments - materials, action and 'self' are only of God, which in
reality are His.
Knowing and believing
that the things given by God are of God is the real offering. The one who believe,
that the things of self offers them to God, in return gets manifold but gets limited
return. Whereas the devotee believing the things of God offers them to god, God
gives Himself to such a devotee and also becomes indebted to him. Meaning if one
believes the things as of self he gets in value things in return but if one believes
the things are of God offers them to God he gets the God Himself.
When
the devotee has only one objective of attainment of God, then whatever resources
of materials he has they become the instruments of worship. Then those instruments
cannot be divided into the two categories of good or bad. Therefore whatever materials
as they are as it is should be offered to God. As God has given similar should
be offered to him. After offering all actions to God whatever desire, affection
and splendour one feels in self the same should also be offered to God.
"Those
men who without any doubt and the devotion always follow the teaching of God,
they also get out of the bondage of the action." This is the opinion of God.
But those men who doubt the teachings
of God and do not follow it, consider such a man to be blind to all wisdom and
lost into senselessness.
The man who
has patience equates pain and pleasure alike and is settled in self, the one who
equates clod, a stone and a piece of gold, who is settled among dear and non-dear
and in praise and blame, who is settled in respect and disrespect and is stable
and same with friend and foe, who is denouncer of beginning of all actions, such
a man is said to have risen above the modes.
Whether
one believe in God or not, God does not insist on it, but one should follow the
guidance and teachings of God. If one would not do so, then he is bound to get
away from elevation, if the devotee believes in God and follows his guidance then
God gives it of its own. On the other hand, if not believing in God, one follows
its instruction and guidance still God gives the devotee elevation.
The
learned, their body keeps on performing of its own: because they do not have ego
over the activity. The devotee who wants attainment of God his activities are
according to the rules of nature. As a greedy man is always careful about profit
and loss, similarly a devotee is constantly careful that he may not act in a manner
of ego or malice. When such care is taken then the nature of devotee becomes pure
at the earliest and as a result he gets out of the responsibility or the fruit
of the action.
The knowledge, the
objective of knowledge and the subject of knowledge - all these three initiates
action. The action composes by these three the reason, activity and the performer.
Lust,
anger and greed - these three are like doors to hell and are destroyer of the
self, therefore, these three should be left.
Ostentation,
being ignorant, being proud, being angry, being inflexible and being ignorance-
all these are characteristics of one who is born with demoniac nature.
For
not getting into the relation with this world the devotee should perform the activity
by keeping some ideal. There can be two ideals:
1. Godly teachings
2. Behavior
of Great man;
The one who performs by keeping an ideal? Such a man's nature
gets pure and he attains God. In contrast to this the one who does not perform
by keeping any ideal, such a man works with ego and malice and is not elevated
or uplifted. We cannot stop the happening of action. But we definitely can change
their course of action. When we work selflessly only for the benefits of others,
this is changing the course of the action and the devotee gets out of the responsibility
of action.
Senses and in relation to
the senses, men's ego and malice and according to his egoism, One should not come
under either the senses or in relation to the senses, because both of these are
his prime enemies.
The other person
may not like things about the nature, which we like. For example rain is very
dear to the farmer, but the potter does not like the rain. Similarly we like cool
waves in summer but run away from them in winters. Similarly all objects we like
or dislike according to our needs and interests.
One
should work through ones own law rather than follows others laws. It is better
to die following one's own law rather than following others law meaning one should
feel happy doing ones own work, even if one is not performing with excellence,
then performing another one's responsibility and doing it well. It is important
for man to follow his own responsibility as per his birth. Since every one has
been assigned specific job by the nature.
Duty
is, one which we can perform easily, should be such that it must be done and after
doing which one will get to God.
The
man not wanting to sin, forcefully gets towards sin against his will, when we
consider the worldly untruth as pleasures this gives birth to passion and anger.
This action brings sin and gets one away from elevation. In this relation one
must consider it as an enemy.
As the
smoke covers the fire and dust covers the mirror, and the womb covers the embryo,
similarly the knowledge is covered by such an action or passion.
According
to Shastras three impurities are barrier in attaining God:
1.
Sin or defect
2. Protection or limitation
3. Relationship with action;
Similar
to this fire never-ending desire and such actions are the enemies of the wise
that eclipses the intelligence of the man.
Desire
is not going to be satisfied. The more we enjoy the desire the more it grows and
the enjoyment acts as a fuel to the fire of enjoyment bringing us away from the
almighty. Desire is never going to be fulfilled because its nature is unlimited.
One can only be free from desire, when the desire is completely met. Desire is
the root cause of all sins and pains.
Senses,
mind and intelligence are said to be living place of these desires and action.
These desires act through senses, mind and intelligence. This covers the soul
and wisdom of the man.
In this world,
desire is the only binding factor; there is no other binder. The one who is able
to detach from desire he becomes capable of attaining God. Due to desire what
man should be doing, that he does not perform and performs what he should not
be doing. In this manner desire attracts the man. We should understand from this
that if something becomes a barrier in the fulfillment of the desire then anger
is produced, but if there is no barrier in the desire, then greed takes birth
after desire and due to greed, attraction is produced. Meaning if due to desire
we do not get materialistic things, anger is produced and if we get the materialistic
things then greed is born and mourning or attraction or attachment is born. One
should remember if the man losses this body without attainment of God in the desire
and enjoyment of worldly pleasures, he will not get the human body again.
Therefore,
one should first of all control one's senses and then kill forcefully this destroyer
of wisdom (Spiritual knowledge) and logical knowledge.
Senses
are considered to be great, above the body and mind is greater then senses, but
still intelligence is greater then mind, but action is greater then intelligence.
Thus
knowing self from the wisdom take charge of self and kill this enemy in the form
of desire.
The renunciation of the
action and unselfish performance, both means lead to salvation. But out of the
two, selfless performance is better than renunciation.
The
one who is never jealous, and neither talks ill about anyone, such a devotee is
worthy of understanding, because free of dualities such man gets easily released
from the binding of this world.
The
unintelligent talk of renunciation and karma yoga as two different means. The
wise do not think like this because the one who applies either of them with purity
he gets as a fruit from both means attainment of God.
The supreme reality,
which is obtained by the follower of renunciation, is also achieved by karma yoga.
Therefore the one who sees both the means as one he sees the truth?
It
is difficult to renounce without action. The sage who performs with the wisdom
of action attains to God at the earliest.
Whose
all senses, are in his control, whose mind is in control, whose body is in his
control and whose soul is the soul of all living beings? Action does, not taint
such a devotee.
The one who knows
the truth and is united with the divine while seeing, hearing, feeling, smiling,
eating, walking, observation, speaking, impeaching, sleeping, breathing and while
opening and closing eyes uses all senses understanding that the senses are occupied
with their own objects, should believe that I am doing nothing at all.
Capability,
ability and cause of action or senses, they are all part of nature and we feel
them as our own in relation to nature. All of these keep on increasing or decreasing,
whereas the self remains same always. Therefore they have no relationship with
self.
The devotee who performs all
actions by dedicating them all to God and gives up attachment, such a devotee
is not touched by sin, just as a lotus leaf is not touched by water even though
it remains in water.
The devotee who
denounces the fruit of action attains the peace and Ananda. But the one who does
not know the supreme truth such a man due to desire, gets bounded by the fruit
of action.
A happy person has the tranquility
and safe haven within himself to which he can retreat at any time. Only a few
people have this capability where as all mankind should attain it.
17.
What is the field and knower of field. This " Body, known by beauty is called 'Field', and who
knows this field, he is called knower of the field by the learned. The rule is
that from where one is bound by untangling the tie up from there, one gets away
from the binding. One is bound by this humanly body, and one can get free from
this binding through this human body only. If the human being has no relationship
of ego, affection, then he gets free from this world. There by God considering
this relationship with the body of ego and affection, for breaking this relationship
God has called this body as field. And is asking to see the field as different,
which in reality is other.
You know God as the knower of fields among all
fields, and the knowledge of the field and its knower that according to God is
the true wisdom.
What the field is, how is it, of what nature it is born
from what, also the knower of the fields is of what powers. This knowledge of
field and knower has been told in detail by sages and in many ways by the various
kinds of Vedas and also is well explained by logic and reason and conclusion in
the Brahma Sutra.
The basic nature, self-sense, self-ego, the great five
element and ten senses, one mind, and the five objectives of the five senses,
this field is made of Twenty-four elements.
"The ego is an artificial
construction obtained by abstraction from conscious experience"
Desire,
malice, pleasure, pain, microorganism, the power of reasoning and steadfastness:
- Along with these limitations this field is explained briefly.
The one
without the feeling of greatness, integrity, non-violence, forgiveness, service
of teacher, purity of mind and body, stability and control over mind.
In
relation to senses, one should be indifferent, ego should not be present, birth,
death, old age and in happenings, seeing, the limitation of pain. One should not
get affected.
Getting un-attached; Son, Women, Home, etc. should not be
considered as closely related and mind should be constant to all favorable and
un-favorable happenings. Always continuously involved in the knowledge of self,
as meaning of truth finding God in all places- this is the wisdom; and whatever
is opposite to it, i.e. known as non-wisdom - it is said.
Whatever is born, Animate and inanimate is through the relationship between the field and the knower of the field. As the only sun illuminates the whole world, similarly the knower, of the field illuminates the field. In this manner, the one who through the eye of wisdom knows differently the field and the knower of the field and action and reason of action and know self to be different, he attains Gods nature.
18.
If there is rebirth why does rebirth happen? By using this freedom in the right manner, one can get out of
the cycle of re-birth. Meaning by acting selfishly we get into re-birth. So by
denouncing selfishness and by working for the betterment of others we can get
out of this re-birth cycle. By getting away from God we get into this re-birth
cycle. By getting in front of God we can get out of this re-birth cycle.
As
man changes its clothes and wears new clothes similarly this soul also leaves
the old body and goes into new body. What is the reason for this re-birth in the
new body?
When we look due to karma yoga
-The
re-birth happens to enjoy the fruits of karma, and for this re-birth happens.
When
we look through Gyan yoga
- Due to Aggyan
(ignorance) the re-birth happens.
When we look
through Bhakti yoga
- The re-birth happens
due to distance from God.
In the above three yoga's, the main reasons
for the birth is that the 'God', has given freedom to soul and due to misuse of
this freedom the soul is entangled into re-birth cycle.
How
to get out of this re-birth cycle?
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