Vivekananda Mailing List-12/21/02

[Guest guest]

Krishna says, " Look at Me, Arjuna! If I stop from work for one moment,

the whole universe will die. I have nothing to gain from work; I am the

one Lord, but why do I work? Because I love the world. " God is

unattached because He loves; that real love makes us unattached.

Wherever there is attachment, the clinging to the things of the world,

you must know that it is all physical attraction between sets of

particles of matter - something that attracts two bodies nearer and

nearer all the time and, if they cannot get near enough, produces pain;

but where there is real love, it does not rest on physical attachment

at all. Such lovers may be a thousand miles away from one another, but

their love will be all the same; it does not die, and will never

produce any painful reaction.

 

 

[Guest guest]

could you please indicate which shloka in the Gita you are referring to

below:

 

>>> sarada 12/21/02 05:15am >>>

Krishna says, " Look at Me, Arjuna! If I stop from work for one moment,

 

the whole universe will die. I have nothing to gain from work; I am the

 

one Lord, but why do I work? Because I love the world. " God is

unattached because He loves; that real love makes us unattached.

Wherever there is attachment, the clinging to the things of the world,

 

you must know that it is all physical attraction between sets of

particles of matter - something that attracts two bodies nearer and

nearer all the time and, if they cannot get near enough, produces pain;

 

but where there is real love, it does not rest on physical attachment

at all. Such lovers may be a thousand miles away from one another, but

 

their love will be all the same; it does not die, and will never

produce any painful reaction.

 

 

[Guest guest]

The slokas are, of course, Chap. III, 22-25. Swami Vivekananda often, in

his speeches and writings, started with a familiar Gita verse and then went

on to paraphrase according to the message he was putting over at the time.

Yogeshananda