Act without motive

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Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya !!

 

The tradition of offering food to the hungry has been intrinsic to Vedic

culture. For householders it is their duty to feed those who depend on them like

celibates (Brahmachari) who must devote themselves only to study, monks and

guests first before they eat. Feeding the poor during auspicious occasions and

pilgrims in sacred places is considered meritorious. Charity by householders was

thus envisaged as a social support system which provided for one and all without

discrimination as far as food was concerned.

 

Lord Krishna’s declaration in the Bhagavad Gita, “Your right is to work only

but never to the fruit thereof. Be not instrumental in making your actions bear

fruit, nor let your attachment be to inaction,†is applicable to acts of

charity also, which the majority of people do with the motive of gaining merit

(Punya). While charity is certainly meritorious which every individual must do

according to his capacity, a spiritual seeker must do charity without any motive

(not for accruing Punya). This reorientation in outlook while doing any action

is the basis of Karma yoga which liberates the practitioner as his action will

not result in fresh Karma, which is the cause of bondage. The Lord has advised

that one must act with a sense of duty and not with the ulterior motive for the

result.

 

Om Namo Narayanaya !!

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I have been associated with annadanam in the temple and it gave me great pleasure to feed people and to see the satisfaction expressed by them when their stomach is full. Annadanam is more sacred because the receiver however greedy he may be says when his stomach is ful that he needs no more. We did not make any differentiation between the deserving and the underserving. Whomever is hungry is deserving to take food and he is fed. He takes it as a prasadam. --- On Fri, 5/9/08, k.v. satish <gokulamkvs wrote:

k.v. satish <gokulamkvs[Guruvayur] Act without motiveguruvayur Date: Friday, 5 September, 2008, 9:58 AM

 

 

Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya !!The tradition of offering food to the hungry has been intrinsic to Vedic culture. For householders it is their duty to feed those who depend on them like celibates (Brahmachari) who must devote themselves only to study, monks and guests first before they eat. Feeding the poor during auspicious occasions and pilgrims in sacred places is considered meritorious. Charity by householders was thus envisaged as a social support system which provided for one and all without discrimination as far as food was concerned. Lord Krishna’s declaration in the Bhagavad Gita, “Your right is to work only but never to the fruit thereof. Be not instrumental in making your actions bear fruit, nor let your attachment be to inaction,†is applicable to acts of charity also, which the majority of people do with the motive of gaining merit (Punya). While charity is certainly meritorious which every individual must do

according to his capacity, a spiritual seeker must do charity without any motive (not for accruing Punya). This reorientation in outlook while doing any action is the basis of Karma yoga which liberates the practitioner as his action will not result in fresh Karma, which is the cause of bondage. The Lord has advised that one must act with a sense of duty and not with the ulterior motive for the result. Om Namo Narayanaya !!

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