Injunctions of Lord Krishna to Arjuna - 2/24-Karma Yoga

[Guest guest]

Thank You Sunder-ji for posting these verses from Gita!

 

Verse 3:9 gives a powerful message

 

Detatched Action is preferable to Inaction ...

 

Earlier i had posted a verse from Gita -2:47

 

and this was the interpretation that was quoted by me

 

You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you're not

entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself to be the

cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not

doing your duty. (2:47)

 

as usual, there were objections from some members ...one member

objected to the phrase 'entitled to the fruits of action' ... and

then introduced another factor in the equation about God's will

etc...

 

WE members here love to engaze in 'Tarka' and KuTarka' and 'Vithanda-

vada' ! After all it is all about 'Style' and not substance. is not

it? and then we want to bring Politics into Religion and Religion

into politics ! One member even blamed the British for PERPETUATING

The Caste System in INDIA IN A PRIVATE EMAIL TO ME! ?

 

 

 

Anyone who knows about the Great Kurukshetra yuddha knows that

Arjuna, although a Kshatriya ( a warrior) was reluctant to fight

because on the other side of the battle were his cousins , the

kauravas and uncles like Bishma pitamah etc! Arjuna was reluctant to

shed 'blood' for the sake of acquring the Pandavas rightful share of

the Kingdom. Lord Krishna was simply urging Arjuna to give up all se

delusional thinking and perform arjuna's swadharma as a WARRIOR WHICH

IS TO FIGHT !!!

 

so, may be a better translation would be - 2:47 (bg)

 

Your right is in regard to action , never in the Outcome .

Do not have the Outcome of Action as your motive,

nor should you be attached to inaction.

 

Is this tranlation better and less controversial?

 

There are many elements involved In practicing Karma Yoga ...

 

1) You are not the Performer of any action .... You are only

the 'instrument ' in the hands of the Divine ! He /she is the

operator , you are the Machine .

 

( Remember that famous words when Krishna tells Arjuna " Don't think

your arrows killed Karna, he had died before that! Krishna here is

referring to the famous 'Parasurama curse')

 

2) Action may be 'detatched' but it is still your duty to perform

it ... Can you imagine if a patriot like Gandhiji did not motivate,

inspire and lead his countrymen in their march for swaraj and simply

hid behind Prison cells , what would have happened? A gandhiji in

Prison was more dangerous than a Gandhiji on the March in the streets

of Delhi ! a FASTING GANDHI was a continous threat to the British !

hE WAS PERFORMING HIS ROLE AS A PATRIOT WHETHER HE WAS SPINNING THE

CHARKA, LEADING THE DANDI MARCH, CONDUCTING HIS PRAYER MEETINGS OR

EDITING HIS NEWSPAPER YOUNG INDIA!

 

3)Also , i have seen some so called social workers even though they

are not attached to the fruits of their actions

are 'egoistically'attached to Action ITSELF. THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE

EITHER !

 

Intention behind the Action- avoid 'selfish' actions

 

consequences of the action - we have no control over that as well !

 

i leave you with this ...

 

Disciple -If I am not the body why am I responsible for the

consequences of my good and bad actions?

 

Bhagwan Ramana- If you are not the body and do not have the idea "I

am the doer," the consequences of your good or bad actions will not

affect you. Why do you say about the actions the body performs "I do

this" or "I did that"? As long as you identify yourself with the body

like that you are affected by the consequences of the actions, that

is to say, while you identify with the body you accumulate good and

bad karma.

 

Hari AUM!

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

Here is an opportunity to practise Gita 3:25-26!

 

The word adhikAra does have many nuances: right,

prerogative, qualifications, control.

What is crucial is how our understanding gets translated into practice

rather than into words!

 

 

Regards,

 

Sunder

 

 

 

advaitin, "adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16>

wrote:

> Earlier i had posted a verse from Gita -2:47

>

> and this was the interpretation that was quoted by me

> as usual, there were objections from some members ...one member

> objected to the phrase 'entitled to the fruits of action' ... and

> then introduced another factor in the equation about God's will

> etc...

>

> WE members here love to engaze in 'Tarka' and KuTarka' and 'Vithanda-

> vada' ! After all it is all about 'Style' and not substance. is not

> it? and then we want to bring Politics into Religion and Religion

> into politics ! One member even blamed the British for PERPETUATING

> The Caste System in INDIA IN A PRIVATE EMAIL TO ME! ?

>

> so, may be a better translation would be - 2:47 (bg)

>

> Your right is in regard to action , never in the Outcome .

> Do not have the Outcome of Action as your motive,

> nor should you be attached to inaction.

>

> Is this tranlation better and less controversial?

> Also , i have seen some so called social workers even though they

> are not attached to the fruits of their actions

> are 'egoistically'attached to Action ITSELF. THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE

> EITHER !