Fwd: Swami Krishnananda-ji on thoughts/bondage

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advaitin , Shailendra Bhatnagar

<bhatnagar_shailendra> wrote:

Namaste, I took the liberty of quoting a small extract

from Swamiji's e-book. I found it to be a very down to

earth, simple and lucid explanation of samatva yoga.

The entire book can be accessed at

 

 

http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/ans_00.html

 

regards,

Shailendra

 

Carol: Does thought create karma?

 

SWAMIJI: Any thought which is connected with an object

other than yourself, with a motive behind it, or an

intention behind it, will produce a reaction. I am

looking at the wall. I am thinking of the wall. It

won't produce any reaction, because I'm not looking at

it with any motive or intention. It is just there,

visible. There are two ways of seeing things. One is

the general perception of things, like when you walk,

you see a tree, or a building; you are not concerned

with it. Another is a thought which is connected with

objects with a purpose, intention, or motive, with a

like or dislike—to get something from it, or to avoid

it. Such thoughts will produce a reaction. That

reaction is called karma. It does not mean that every

thought will produce a reaction. General perceptions

do not produce karma. Only emotional perceptions will

produce it. If we are seeing a thing with a feeling

behind it, it will have a reaction; but I have no

feeling about the wall. I am just seeing it without

any feeling about it. It is impersonal perception. Now

we are all sitting here, and I am seeing so many

people. I have no feeling of any kind in regard to

you. I am seeing you, as I see anything else. But if I

see you with a purpose, intention, motive, like or

dislike, then it will produce a reaction. It will

create a bondage. That kind of karma is what causes

rebirth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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