Guest guest Posted October 14, 2001 Report Share Posted October 14, 2001 How does excellence in work becomes Yoga? Dedication and selflessness prepare the mind to see the function of Yoga of Action - Karma Yoga. To achieve excellence one must control the mind so that requisite concentration can be achieved. The concentrated mind can fathom its own mysteries. With practice, this control over senses and the mind reaches the degree of perfection where sadhaka can understand the value and necessity of renunciation to enjoy the higher state of bliss. Then even though the person may appear to be engaged in the activities, in fact he is enjoying 'the state of freedom' that his actions, viz. spiritual disciplines, have made possible for him. Like a free bird, his mind soars high in the freedom and roams in the realm of Absolute. Sri Krishna tells about valid actions, inaction, and distorted view about actions. Whatever the scriptures advocate should be accepted as correct action. Similarly, the great sages and seers, prophets and avatars also are sources for determining beneficial karma. One should follow their advice. Actions that must be shunned are those, which go contrary to scriptural dictates. Such actions like hoarding, engaging in corrupt practices, bribery, doing harm to others, excessive lust, greed, hatred, jealousy, etc. make the person selfish and bind him to body-mind complex. Therefore, these are not proper karma. continued 4... -- Please Note the New URL: http://www.geocities.com/neovedanta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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