What is Our Duty ? How to Decide ?

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Dear Sadhakas, Namaste!

 

As I understand it, two types of Karmas(activities, actions,

kartavyas) can be observed, as implied in BG.

First type consists of all those karmas with Karta-bhaav, the sense of

doership(kratrutva) and bhokta-bhaav, or as receipient of fruits thereof.

Such karmas lead to bondage, suffering and reincarnations. This is

because sense of doership is derived from personal desires,

expectations, motives etc etc impostering as " separate individual " in us!

Such separation- isolation from the Whole cannot be in harmony, thus,

causing suffering for isolated person.

 

The second type are those that are done without assumed doership but

with the best of one's ability and accepting whatever the fruits be as

Prasaadam. We as " doers " of deeds are but one of many variables,

(some hidden, some over which we don't have control)needed to bring

the desired result! This is why we need to accept or else we suffer!

The important aspect of this type is that one does one's duty within

the guidelines of Dharma. Duties are defined by one's place,

time(desh-kaal) and circumstances in which one finds oneself.

Thus actions or professions done with service to people entrusted to

one such as family, society or country become dharma bound duties in

which doership is not present. For example, sun is just shining; it

is its nature-dharma and the whole of Existence on the earth gets

sustained by it. And yet it is not doer or sustainer or any such

entity! It cannot not shine even if it wants to, therefore it is not a

doer. In reality it is God, that Intelligence, that uses our body-mind

instruments just to serve Him/Herself disguised as all of us,

sentients and insentients!

How do we know the work choice is correct? It is correct if it brings

peace, satisfaction and joy, which is possible only if done without a

doership.

 

In summary, karmas with doership and enjoyership brings suffering and

therefore not a correct purushartha or Karma-yoga. Karmas without

doership and acceptance of results thereof, are harmoneous, and

become duty and source of satisfaction, peace and joy!

 

Pratap in Divine pursuits of Truth

 

--- sadhak_insight <sadhak_insight wrote:

 

Sri Krishna in the Bhagwat Gita says about 'niyat karma' prescribed,

established duties)or 'kartavyam karmam 'kuru'. And at same time,

karma (action with implication of fruits and merit, moral duty or

obligation) and vyavsaya (activity, occupation, trade, profession) are

said by Him as two very different things. This means, vyvsaya is

certainly not karma.

 

- What is then this duty (in our understanding at every moment in

life)?

- How can one decide his/her own duty or niyat karma or kartavya?

- What is the test that choice of work is correct?

- How is that work believed as the only way to achieve the purusha-

arth (objectives of soul) in ones' life ? After that nothing is left

to do?

 

I want to enjoy bath in the tirth of this pure knowledge of ganga

from sadhaks confluence at Gita talk. I hope our dear moderator will

not object for dicipline of the indiciplined independent nature.

 

regards

Krishna Gopal

 

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