Guest guest Posted April 1, 2002 Report Share Posted April 1, 2002 The following interesting email from Sudhir asks: How to practise non-attachment? May I request the list to offer some suggestions. The response can go directly to Sudhir or via the list.......... jay Vivekananda Centre London ~~~~~~~~~~~~ copy email ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday, April 01, 2002 04:03 how to practise non-attachment to our work. Dear sir /madam iam 26 years old & iam a dentist.I read gita printed by ISKON. It is difficult for me to apply the principles of gita [like non-attachment to our work] because i feel for a grihasta he needs money in this materialistic world & hence he aims fruits of his work while doing work. Please let me know how to apply this principle of non-attachment to our work in one's daily life. Thanking you. yours sincerely sudhir reddy [ email i.d -] sudhirreddy2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2002 Report Share Posted April 1, 2002 Namaste, Learning by heart the following verses with meaning from the Gita, and contemplating on them at every opportunity, will give one the needed transformation within 3 years: karmaNyevaadhikaaraste maa phaleshhu kadaachana . maa karmaphalaheturbhuurmaa te saN^go.astvakarmaNi .. 2\.47.. yatkaroshhi yadashnaasi yaj{}juhoshhi dadaasi yat.h . yattapasyasi kaunteya tatkurushhva madarpaNam.h .. 9\.27.. yataH pravR^ittirbhuutaanaa.n yena sarvamidaM tatam.h . svakarmaNaa tamabhyarchya siddhi.n vindati maanavaH .. 18\.46.. One may add any other verses of your liking that elaborate on this foundation Regards, Sunder Ramakrishna, " Vivekananda Centre " <vivekananda@b...> wrote: > The following interesting email from Sudhir asks: > How to practise non-attachment? > May I request the list to offer some suggestions. > The response can go directly to Sudhir or via the list.......... > > jay > Vivekananda Centre London > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ copy email ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Monday, April 01, 2002 04:03 > how to practise non-attachment to our work. > > > Dear sir /madam > iam 26 years old & iam a dentist.I read gita printed by ISKON. It is difficult for me to apply the principles of gita [like non-attachment to our work] because i feel for a grihasta he needs money in this materialistic world & hence he aims fruits of his work while doing work. > Please let me know how to apply this principle of non- attachment to our work in one's daily life. > Thanking you. > yours sincerely > sudhir reddy > [ email i.d -] sudhirreddy2000 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2002 Report Share Posted April 2, 2002 Hello, > Please let me know how to apply this principle of non-attachment > to our work in one's daily life. The reply to this is what Karma Yoga is. Here is an old posting which gives a picture. With regards, Gomu. -- Gokulmuthu Narayanaswamy <gokulmuthu Fri Sep 28, 2001 5:04 pm Karma Yoga - Theory and Practice Karma Yoga - Theory and Practice -------------------------------- Theory: ------ Man operates in three basic realms. The gross, subtle and causal. In the gross level, the physical body with its sense organs and organs of action is the field of operation. In the subtle level, the mind with its organs like intellect, memory and the faculty of emotion is the field of operation. The causal level consists of the basic limitation, which makes a person feel an individual existence in relation to the environment. Defects in these three realms of operation manifest as lust (desire for sensual pleasure and comfort), greed (desire for possessions and human relationship) and ego (desire for fame) respectively. All other defects like anger, jealousy and delusion result from these three basic defects. These realms can be related to the three Gunas (qualities) of man. Tamas is when the goal of a person is in the physical realm. Rajas is when the goal of a person is in the mental realm. Sattva is when the goal of a person is in the causal realm. When a person goes beyond the three types of defects, he naturally goes beyond the three Gunas. The aim of human life is to overcome these three types of defects and transcend the three Gunas. Practice: -------- Karma Yoga defines three practices to free ourselves from these three defects. They are Yagna (activity), Daana (charity) and Tapas (austerity). Yagna helps us to move from Tamas to Rajas. Daana helps us to move from Rajas to Sattva. Tapas helps us to transcend Sattva. Every person has a mixture of all the three Gunas and so we should follow all the three practices. The desire for physical pleasure is the vestigial remnant of animal nature in us. This has to be countered by Yagna. Yagna is activity. Whenever there is a choice between action and inaction, we should choose to act. Action is different from reaction. Reaction is blind retort against a change in the environment. Action is a step taken not merely in reply to an environmental change but in view of positive development. Reaction should be avoided. We should always be engaged in some positive developmental activity. Activity is both physical and mental. Activity will free us from desire for physical pleasure. Activity results in wealth, which forms the basis of the next practice - Daana. Daana is charity. The fruits of action should be put back into the environment (society). Nature follows a strict causal law. We will get what we deserve - nothing more, nothing less. But this is in the long run. There can be apparent violations to this in the short term, which is often misleading. If we take more than what we deserve, later we will have to part with something close to our heart. So, the best course is to give back to Nature anything more than what is barely necessary. This positive step to maintain the balance will free us from unnecessary anxiety and trouble. Charity leads to fame, which forms the basis of the next practice - Tapas. Tapas is austerity. The doership of Yagna and Daana should be renounced. There is an underlying oneness in Nature. We are all instruments in the hands of God. It is God alone who has become everything and it is God alone who acts through everyone. Man is absolutely powerless before the Will of God. Man's capacity to help is very limited compared to the amount of help needed in the world. It is God who creates the seeds of activity and charity in the minds of men. We are all mere machines in the hands of the Operator. This renunciation of doership takes us beyond the three Gunas, which is the aim of human life. Thus Karma Yoga takes us from wherever we are to the highest goal. -- --------------- Email: gokulmuthu Webpage: http://www.geocities.com/gokulmuthu/ Phone: +91 80 6689904, 6689938, 6780026-9 +91 80 2384190-3 Ext. 227 Res: +91 80 6594834 +91 44 8140104 --------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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