Thursday, November 16, 2006
GITA 108 DAYS- DAY 36
36. Vision of Karma and Akarma
“Actions do not influence me and so I don’t have any desire in the fruits of actions”. If one realizes himself in this way, he will not get bound by any actions. There are different types of actions. Actions with no notion of doership, actions with wrong notions (asad bhava karma) about it and actions with the notion of doership. There are also actions done with the right attitude (sad bhava karmas) of two kinds – kartthavya and akartthavvya karmas. Last type is the actions that are forbidden (vikarmmas).
Those who sees ‘akarmma’ (Brahman) in the universe that is moved by actions, and in that Brahman observes the dynamism of actions is indeed a wise man. He is a yogi who does his actions in its completeness. Each movement occurs in the universe in the realm of consciousness which is motionless and in each movement exist the consciousness. Lord Krishna expounds the same thing in a different way through the verse “chatur varnnyam mayaa srishtam…”
When a transparent disc with different colors around it is rotated in front of a light source, lights of different colors fall on the stage. The light emanating from the bulb is colorless, but colors are created by the colored sheets on the disc. The multitudes of colors are ‘created’ by the bulb, but at the same time, they are ‘not created’ by the bulb. The bulb says: “chatur varnnyam mayaa srishtam….”
Likewise, all notions of various characteristics have been created by the Lord (consciousness). He is the ‘doer’ as well as the ‘non-doer’ of them. Bhagavad-Gita is not giving legitimacy to any kind of caste systems here. Gita proclaims that one should teach others that which would free us from all that are inauspicious. But if we practice the caste system as we know now, we will never get liberated.
Men of wisdom should burn all their desires in the fire of knowledge. Those who work without wishing for the fruit of actions and without depending on anything, is not ‘doing’ any actions. When takes up an action with his consciousness as the witness, for the sake of his body’s existence leaving out all possessiveness and with out any desires, he doesn’t get entangled in the bondage of action (karma bandha)
Be contented with whatever comes in your way. Be aware of the dualities of pleasure–pain, happiness-sorrow, and gain-loss, and rise above their influences. Actions by those who are steadfast and devoid of selfish competitions whether they get something or not, are indeed a service to the whole world.
“Actions do not influence me and so I don’t have any desire in the fruits of actions”. If one realizes himself in this way, he will not get bound by any actions. There are different types of actions. Actions with no notion of doership, actions with wrong notions (asad bhava karma) about it and actions with the notion of doership. There are also actions done with the right attitude (sad bhava karmas) of two kinds – kartthavya and akartthavvya karmas. Last type is the actions that are forbidden (vikarmmas).
Those who sees ‘akarmma’ (Brahman) in the universe that is moved by actions, and in that Brahman observes the dynamism of actions is indeed a wise man. He is a yogi who does his actions in its completeness. Each movement occurs in the universe in the realm of consciousness which is motionless and in each movement exist the consciousness. Lord Krishna expounds the same thing in a different way through the verse “chatur varnnyam mayaa srishtam…”
When a transparent disc with different colors around it is rotated in front of a light source, lights of different colors fall on the stage. The light emanating from the bulb is colorless, but colors are created by the colored sheets on the disc. The multitudes of colors are ‘created’ by the bulb, but at the same time, they are ‘not created’ by the bulb. The bulb says: “chatur varnnyam mayaa srishtam….”
Likewise, all notions of various characteristics have been created by the Lord (consciousness). He is the ‘doer’ as well as the ‘non-doer’ of them. Bhagavad-Gita is not giving legitimacy to any kind of caste systems here. Gita proclaims that one should teach others that which would free us from all that are inauspicious. But if we practice the caste system as we know now, we will never get liberated.
Men of wisdom should burn all their desires in the fire of knowledge. Those who work without wishing for the fruit of actions and without depending on anything, is not ‘doing’ any actions. When takes up an action with his consciousness as the witness, for the sake of his body’s existence leaving out all possessiveness and with out any desires, he doesn’t get entangled in the bondage of action (karma bandha)
Be contented with whatever comes in your way. Be aware of the dualities of pleasure–pain, happiness-sorrow, and gain-loss, and rise above their influences. Actions by those who are steadfast and devoid of selfish competitions whether they get something or not, are indeed a service to the whole world.
# posted by Sukumar Canada @ 5:25 PM 
