Understanding verse 47 of chapter 2 of Gita.

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Hello Arvind,

While working/playing/talking etc., I try to remember

to ask, " Who works/plays etc? " " Who does this work? "

" What IS work? " The fact that " I " am moving this hand

to that dish and wash the dish with the other

hand...am " I " the same as that hand? I'm not the same

as the hand yet the hand does the work.

 

" Who works? " If I ask that question, then for a brief

moment, " I " am no longer working, mentally at least.

" My " attention is not on the work, yet the work goes

on without my attention.

 

I admit freely that much of the day goes by when I'm

not engaged in Self Inquiry, but it extends with

practice according to Sri Ramana Maharshi. " I'm "

satisfied with that. Incrementally, " I " can extend it

with practice. Some days I'm able to practice it

longer than others, some not. No problem. I'll keep at

it. And, as Dennis said, even when I'm NOT practicing,

the awareness of not practicing is the same I. Little

by little, incremental. Also, I can mentally,

intellectually dedicate the " work " to Totality, let

Totality have the results, whatever they may be and

not get hung up on that. The work itself can be the

reward...One guy's opinion...best wishes, Steve.

 

 

 

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Thanks to all respected members for

their replies. I have learned from it

and I am sure, I have lot more to

learn. I have read all the replies and

I have also tried to reflect on it, on

my own. This is what I have understood

so far:

 

 

At any moment, follow your 'dharma'

with your complete devotion where

'dharma' is 'doing what you are'.

 

While doing. . . give your complete

undivided attention to the act alone.

That is your service, that is your

Devotion, that is your meditation at

that moment. Thinking about results

simply take attention and energy away

from the act.

 

 

Results happen due to natural laws

already in place and not really due to

individual effort. An individual just

serves as a medium, through which

natural law gets enacted. If one

individual is not there, the law might

get enacted itself through some other

medium.

 

 

 

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> http://www.geocities.com/neovedanta/gita.html

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> " Your right is to work only,

> but never to the fruit thereof.

> Let not the fruit of action be your

> object, nor let your attachment be

> to inaction. "

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> Sri Krishna in the Gita Ch. 2, verse 47

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> http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-02-46.html

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advaitin , " adithya_comming "

<adithya_comming wrote:

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> Thanks to all respected members for

> their replies. I have learned from it

> and I am sure, I have lot more to

> learn. I have read all the replies and

> I have also tried to reflect on it, on

> my own. This is what I have understood

> so far:

>

>

> At any moment, follow your 'dharma'

> with your complete devotion where

> 'dharma' is 'doing what you are'.

 

 

Understanding it in the context of Gita:

 

Kauravas have already written their

own downfall and destruction according

to the natural laws. They are bound to

fall because of having followed the

path injustice, atrocity, unfairness

and corruption.

 

 

If Arjuna didn't kill

them; someone else will. If no one else

killed them; they will fight among

themselves and will self-destruct. But,

their eventual fall is already

predetermined. It is not Arjuna's job

to think about it.

 

 

Arjuna's dharma is to fight because

his intrinsic nature is of a warrior,

because he is trained as a warrior. If

he tries to abscond. . . he will fail

and he will suffer; and, Kauravas will

still be dead because of the natural

law.

 

 

Thus, Arjuna has no real mastership

on the 'result'. Kaurava will fall

because of their own deeds according to

the natural laws. Arjuna has only

mastership over choosing his action. By

choosing to act in accordance with the

warrior he is, he gains peace and by

becoming the able 'medium' for the

'eventuality' of kaurav's fall;

he gains glory.

 

 

 

 

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> > http://www.geocities.com/neovedanta/gita.html

> >

> > " Your right is to work only,

> > but never to the fruit thereof.

> > Let not the fruit of action be your

> > object, nor let your attachment be

> > to inaction. "

> >

> > Sri Krishna in the Gita Ch. 2, verse 47

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> >

> > http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-02-46.html

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