Guest guest Posted April 4, 2001 Report Share Posted April 4, 2001 Dennis Waite wrote: >Presumably this could only be true if: - >a) we were strictly following karma yoga with no >content of j~naana (i.e. if >we still believed that there was an individual self >that could reincarnate) There is no dichotomy between the paths of Jnana and Karma. All paths lead to self surrender. We are experiencing dwaita now. Every action produces its effect some time or the other. Therefore we say, do not act based on one's desires, rather gradually get rid of your desires. If such a thing is told to people who do not believe in re-birth, then the question asked is, why ? As long as one does not interfere in anybody else's life, one can enjoy as much as he wants ? After all there is only one life to enjoy ? To get the mind, away from Kamya Karma (desire oriented action) is difficult. The mind is fickle and it is tricky. One pointed Self-enquiry leading to Jnana is difficult for the un-ripe mind. In that case, an effective tool to keep the mind on sadhana and prevent it from going after desires is to remember that each desire you pursue, is one more chain that shackles you to this wheel of re-birth. >b) we believed that it was possible to choose to >behave in one way rather >than another. This is a matter of realization. If someone threw burning charcoal at you, would you stand in its way saying I have no will to act ? Would you not rather say "I can choose how to behave" and move out of its way? Anand Get email at your own domain with Mail. http://personal.mail./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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