Upadesa Saram, V. 2

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In Sri Bhagavan

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The fruits of action are transient.

Action causes one to fall into the ocean of further action.

It obstructs the goal.

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Commentary:

The action referred to in this verse is motivated action

desiring particular results. Such actions produce only

temporary results. The performance of a good action

does not result in lasting happiness. The beneficial

force gets exhausted. The fruits are by their very nature

passing. For the continuation of a desired end, action has

consequently to be without break. Repetition is a must.

 

Apart from this, each action leaves a residual memory,

pleasant or unpleasant. Such memories are the seeds of

further action. For they leave an inbuilt reservoir of latent

thoughts which push the mind to more action on given lines.

Desire, action, latent desires, further action would become

a ceaseless action momentum.

 

Can such action help to liberate one? For, freedom is the

goal of all efforts. The answer is that it will not help and that

it would actually have the opposite effect. The goal would be

pushed away. The reason is that if the mind is a prisoner of

action, it would be impure, purification of the mind is required

before it will become quiet and for it to turn within.

Hence Ramana suggests in the next verse a different type

of action, an action which would be purificatory. If the action

is itself dedicated to God and there is no desire for reaping

benefits from it, then that very action would become an aid

for breaking the karmic shackles.

 

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A.R. Natarajan

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--- Gabriele Ebert <g.ebert wrote:

> Dear Sri Achala,

> thank you for having posted verse 1 on Upadesa Saram

>

> by Sadhu Om. Please continue with posting his

> translation.

>

> In Sri Bhagavan

> Gabriele

>

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Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Arunachalaramanaya

 

 

2. The fruit of action haveing perished (by being

experienced in the form of pleasure or pain),

will as seeds make one fall in to the ocean of

action and (hence) will not give liberation.

 

Note:

When a seed is planted, it grows into a tree, and

 

the tree in turn yields fruit. But the fruit

 

consists of two parts, namely the edible part and

 

the seeds. Though the edible part of the fruit is

 

eaten, the seeds remain to develop into new trees

 

and yield more fruit.

 

 

Similar is the case with the fruit of actions or

 

karma-phala. If we do a good action, its fruit will

 

in due course be experienced by us in the form of

 

some pleasure, while if we do a bad action, its

 

fruit will in due course be experienced by us in

 

the form of some pain. By thus being experienced

 

in the form of pleasure or pain, the fruit of an

 

action will perish, like the edible part of a fruit

 

when it is eaten. But haveing perished thus, the

 

fruit of that action will still remain in the form

 

of a seed, that is, in the form of a tendency

 

(vasana) or the liking to do such a action again.

 

Such seeds or tendencies make one fall into the

 

ocean of performing more and more actions. Hence

 

the fruit of actions of any kind cannot give

 

liberation(moksha).

 

 

UPADESA UNDIYAR

of

Bhagavan Sri Ramana

translation by:

Sri Sadhu Om

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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