Monday, May 05, 2008
GITA 108 DAYS - Day 93
93. Not ‘killing’ anyone even if you kill
Lord says that even if one kills the whole world without any desires for the results etched by his intellect and with no the sense of ‘doer-ship’, he is not ‘killing’ anyone. Those karmas do not bind him at all. He revels in the sat-chit-ananda state, the state of truth, consciousness and bliss. He has no hatred towards anyone and no one detests him. His actions do not create any fondness either as where there is like, there is dislike. Knowledge, knower and the known are three entities and they are the force behind karmas. Whenever we do anything we should know the motivation behind it – be it a helpful deed or an act of aggression. Once we know the motive our actions will have better commitment and resolve. No one will be able to shake that resolve.
Because of the need for sustaining the body, one cannot discard karmas altogether. Real renunciation is to let go of the results of karmas. What is needed is the paradigm shift towards the results. Those who are not ready to let go of results, they appear in three different ways - Likeable, dislikeable, and mixed. They will experience the world in these three ways as well. A sannyasi do not face these three here in this life or hereafter.
All karmas have five causes. Abode (seat), the doer (individuality), sense organs of actions and knowledge (indriyas of jnana and karma), various gestures and the power of nature, the Lord are these five causes. These five are the cause for a man to undertake any work – rightly or otherwise- using his body, words and mind. Because of ignorance, the uncultured intellect does not see the truth and takes himself the ‘doer’. He thinks: ‘I’ did this and it is ‘my’ strength and prowess; and ‘I’ am enjoying the fruits, etc. This is the attitude held by Duryodhana. Duryodhana is thought less where is the Lord is devoid of thoughts. For them both, war is not an issue. But Arjuna has lots of thoughts: he stands in the middle. One can go either down to Duryodhana state of ignorance or rise up to the Lord’s state. Those who have started on their path of inquiry, the option is obvious- rise to the Lord state.
Lord says that even if one kills the whole world without any desires for the results etched by his intellect and with no the sense of ‘doer-ship’, he is not ‘killing’ anyone. Those karmas do not bind him at all. He revels in the sat-chit-ananda state, the state of truth, consciousness and bliss. He has no hatred towards anyone and no one detests him. His actions do not create any fondness either as where there is like, there is dislike. Knowledge, knower and the known are three entities and they are the force behind karmas. Whenever we do anything we should know the motivation behind it – be it a helpful deed or an act of aggression. Once we know the motive our actions will have better commitment and resolve. No one will be able to shake that resolve.
Because of the need for sustaining the body, one cannot discard karmas altogether. Real renunciation is to let go of the results of karmas. What is needed is the paradigm shift towards the results. Those who are not ready to let go of results, they appear in three different ways - Likeable, dislikeable, and mixed. They will experience the world in these three ways as well. A sannyasi do not face these three here in this life or hereafter.
All karmas have five causes. Abode (seat), the doer (individuality), sense organs of actions and knowledge (indriyas of jnana and karma), various gestures and the power of nature, the Lord are these five causes. These five are the cause for a man to undertake any work – rightly or otherwise- using his body, words and mind. Because of ignorance, the uncultured intellect does not see the truth and takes himself the ‘doer’. He thinks: ‘I’ did this and it is ‘my’ strength and prowess; and ‘I’ am enjoying the fruits, etc. This is the attitude held by Duryodhana. Duryodhana is thought less where is the Lord is devoid of thoughts. For them both, war is not an issue. But Arjuna has lots of thoughts: he stands in the middle. One can go either down to Duryodhana state of ignorance or rise up to the Lord’s state. Those who have started on their path of inquiry, the option is obvious- rise to the Lord state.
# posted by Sukumar Canada @ 9:09 PM 
