Saturday, May 24, 2008
GITA 108 DAYS - Day 100
100. Worship is executing own duty
Those who worship the omnipresent supreme self by well executing their own duties (dharma) attain success. It is nobler to undertake own duties- however ineffective they may seem- than to do other’s karma. It is ignoble to discard own karma with the excuse that it cannot be done well or by assuming that it may result in something bad. One can find fault with any action one way or other, but don’t discard your duties succumbing to your cynical mind.
Who is eligible for attaining supreme bliss? He remains in solitude armed with the strength of pure intellect controlling his mind, discarding all the dualities such as likes and dislikes. He eats modestly to keep his bodily functions active and he remains revelling in a realm beyond names and forms. His words, mind and actions are well aligned and they support each other. He is in meditative mood where there is no doer-ship or enjoyer-ship. He has no compulsion, arrogance, lust or anger and he has no sense of ‘i-ness’. Such a yogi attains supreme bliss.
In order to carve out an idol out of a mere stone, what we do is to remove the unnecessary portions of the stone that is not part of the idol. Ego takes us away from nature and stops us from attaining the absolute. We are afraid of getting aligned with the nature due to the fear that we may loose something. Gita advises us to keep the mind peaceful by avoiding confusing mayhems in our life.
When we categorize people based on action, with their innate tendencies guiding them, there are no life-long brahmana or life-long sudras. When one meditates in the morning, he is a brahmana. When he undertakes trade activity later in the day, he is a vysya. When he fights for the country, he is indeed a kshatriya. When he is doing work for the societies benefit, he is a sudra. Everyone has all these four qualities. This is the message we must learn from Mahatma Gandhi’s life.
Those who worship the omnipresent supreme self by well executing their own duties (dharma) attain success. It is nobler to undertake own duties- however ineffective they may seem- than to do other’s karma. It is ignoble to discard own karma with the excuse that it cannot be done well or by assuming that it may result in something bad. One can find fault with any action one way or other, but don’t discard your duties succumbing to your cynical mind.
Who is eligible for attaining supreme bliss? He remains in solitude armed with the strength of pure intellect controlling his mind, discarding all the dualities such as likes and dislikes. He eats modestly to keep his bodily functions active and he remains revelling in a realm beyond names and forms. His words, mind and actions are well aligned and they support each other. He is in meditative mood where there is no doer-ship or enjoyer-ship. He has no compulsion, arrogance, lust or anger and he has no sense of ‘i-ness’. Such a yogi attains supreme bliss.
In order to carve out an idol out of a mere stone, what we do is to remove the unnecessary portions of the stone that is not part of the idol. Ego takes us away from nature and stops us from attaining the absolute. We are afraid of getting aligned with the nature due to the fear that we may loose something. Gita advises us to keep the mind peaceful by avoiding confusing mayhems in our life.
When we categorize people based on action, with their innate tendencies guiding them, there are no life-long brahmana or life-long sudras. When one meditates in the morning, he is a brahmana. When he undertakes trade activity later in the day, he is a vysya. When he fights for the country, he is indeed a kshatriya. When he is doing work for the societies benefit, he is a sudra. Everyone has all these four qualities. This is the message we must learn from Mahatma Gandhi’s life.
# posted by Sukumar Canada @ 10:34 AM 
