Thursday, November 16, 2006
GITA 108 DAYS - DAY 37
37 All actions are worship of the Brahman
All actions are worship of the Brahman and therefor are conidered yagna. Yagna is doing an action with no 'doership'. The notion of “I am submitting “is wrong because in complete submission, there is no ‘I”.
Oblation in a yagna is Brahman. The material (haviss) that is placed in the yagna fire is also Brahman. Fire is Brahman and the person placing the haviss is also Brahman. The ultimate realization and the path to achieve that is also Brahman. The seeker, the sought, the goal and the methods are all Brahman itself. Whatever we do is Brahman. The Lord is within ourselves, although we seem to seek Him outside. One should realize the yagna that is taking place inside of us more than the external yagna and oblations that feed the yagna fire. In the inner yagna, one should burn the fire of self control in order to submit the oblations of sensory desires.
Different people conduct yagna in their own unique ways. Some people consider God as the aim and path of yagna and fill their inner self with godly wealth and thus get rid of demonic impulses. Some others make the yagna itself as the path and the goal. Some control their senses and others control their mind. Some people submit their thoughts and other sensory activities in the body including the life forces as oblations in the fire of self control. Some people take up charitable missions and thus submit oblations of materials in yagna. Some people are engaged in the yagna of contemplation and penance. Some are in the yagna of teaching others and others do yoga as their yagna. There are people who lead a noble life by controlling their breath (pranayama) and food habits. These widely varying activities are all intended for the benefit of the world and are bonafide yagnas. All these will help create a better world.
Those who eat the remnants of yagna for their sustenance reach the ultimate goal. (All that we enjoy are results of yagnas- even the movies we watch are ‘yagna sishta’ and we should enjoy all with this awareness.) For those who do not participate in yagna, there is no world, then how can he get liberated? The different kinds of yagnas are all expounded in the Vedas and they are all borne out of Karmas. Those who know this will get liberated. So we should do all our actions with the attitude of worshipping Brahman. Karma (action) and jnana (knowledge) are the two wings of a bird. If one is broken the bird cannot soar and reach its goal.
All actions are worship of the Brahman and therefor are conidered yagna. Yagna is doing an action with no 'doership'. The notion of “I am submitting “is wrong because in complete submission, there is no ‘I”.
Oblation in a yagna is Brahman. The material (haviss) that is placed in the yagna fire is also Brahman. Fire is Brahman and the person placing the haviss is also Brahman. The ultimate realization and the path to achieve that is also Brahman. The seeker, the sought, the goal and the methods are all Brahman itself. Whatever we do is Brahman. The Lord is within ourselves, although we seem to seek Him outside. One should realize the yagna that is taking place inside of us more than the external yagna and oblations that feed the yagna fire. In the inner yagna, one should burn the fire of self control in order to submit the oblations of sensory desires.
Different people conduct yagna in their own unique ways. Some people consider God as the aim and path of yagna and fill their inner self with godly wealth and thus get rid of demonic impulses. Some others make the yagna itself as the path and the goal. Some control their senses and others control their mind. Some people submit their thoughts and other sensory activities in the body including the life forces as oblations in the fire of self control. Some people take up charitable missions and thus submit oblations of materials in yagna. Some people are engaged in the yagna of contemplation and penance. Some are in the yagna of teaching others and others do yoga as their yagna. There are people who lead a noble life by controlling their breath (pranayama) and food habits. These widely varying activities are all intended for the benefit of the world and are bonafide yagnas. All these will help create a better world.
Those who eat the remnants of yagna for their sustenance reach the ultimate goal. (All that we enjoy are results of yagnas- even the movies we watch are ‘yagna sishta’ and we should enjoy all with this awareness.) For those who do not participate in yagna, there is no world, then how can he get liberated? The different kinds of yagnas are all expounded in the Vedas and they are all borne out of Karmas. Those who know this will get liberated. So we should do all our actions with the attitude of worshipping Brahman. Karma (action) and jnana (knowledge) are the two wings of a bird. If one is broken the bird cannot soar and reach its goal.
# posted by Sukumar Canada @ 5:28 PM 
