Arjuna Haridas Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Namaste to all. How is it that we can commit any wrong in any way when the Bhagavad Gita (nevermind the countless other Shastras) states that Vishnu is the One Who does all of our actions and we are just puppets, instruments? Either we can't commit wrong, or God is commiting wrong. I can't think of any other explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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suchandra Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Namaste to all.How is it that we can commit any wrong in any way when the Bhagavad Gita (nevermind the countless other Shastras) states that Vishnu is the One Who does all of our actions and we are just puppets, instruments? Either we can't commit wrong, or God is commiting wrong. I can't think of any other explanation. This is not actually everything what is stated in Bhagavad-gita, yes, everything is ultimately controlled by the energies of the Supreme Lord, except one thing, the Lord gives you full freedom, what you're desiring. The Lord doesn't interfere what decisions you're making. This is called freedom of action. It is you only who makes a decision. Therefore Krishna says, don't make the wrong decision: "In the minds of those who are too attached to sense enjoyment and material opulence, and who are bewildered by such things, the resolute determination for devotional service to the Supreme Lord does not take place." Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 2.44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murali_Mohan_das Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 "Right" and "wrong" are all relative. From the absolute consideration, there is no right and wrong. This is why I like to focus on what is useful or favorable in our own lives rather than what is right and wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchandra Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 "Right" and "wrong" are all relative. From the absolute consideration, there is no right and wrong. This is why I like to focus on what is useful or favorable in our own lives rather than what is right and wrong. Krishna surely considered that Arjuna was wrong when starting to lament: "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: While speaking learned words, you are mourning for what is not worthy of grief. Those who are wise lament neither for the living nor for the dead." Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 2.11 PURPORT The Lord at once took the position of the teacher and chastised the student, calling him, indirectly, a fool. The Lord said, "You are talking like a learned man, but you do not know that one who is learned — one who knows what is body and what is soul — does not lament for any stage of the body, neither in the living nor in the dead condition." As explained in later chapters, it will be clear that knowledge means to know matter and spirit and the controller of both. Arjuna argued that religious principles should be given more importance than politics or sociology, but he did not know that knowledge of matter, soul and the Supreme is even more important than religious formularies. And because he was lacking in that knowledge, he should not have posed himself as a very learned man. As he did not happen to be a very learned man, he was consequently lamenting for something which was unworthy of lamentation. The body is born and is destined to be vanquished today or tomorrow; therefore the body is not as important as the soul. One who knows this is actually learned, and for him there is no cause for lamentation, regardless of the condition of the material body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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