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namaskar

 

dhanyavad for accepting me the list

 

 

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> " Vivekananda Centre " <vivekananda

>Ramakrishna

><Ramakrishna >

>Re: [sri Ramakrishna] Vivekananda Mailing List-6/25/04

>Sun, 27 Jun 2004 02:14:51 +0100

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> " jairam seshadri " <jairamseshadri

> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

>Original Posting from 'Complete works of Vivekananda'

>

> > Good works are only valuable as a means of escape; they do good to the

> > doer, never to any other. - Vivekananda

> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++

>Response from Jairam

> > On the contrary, how much i have gained from Swamiji's works! What could

>he

> > have meant when he said that good works do not help others?

> >

>=================response====================

>What a wonderful paradox to unravel.

>

>This saying of Swami Vivekananda must be seen in context of the

>central teaching of the Gita:

>'Action is better than inaction' ..... but action that is 'self-centred'

>causes bondage while the action that is 'self-less' brings freedom.

>The same question we ask about the 'action of Vivekananda' doing good to

>others can also be asked of 'action of Krishna' ....when Krishna also says

>in the Gita: " I am born again and again for the good of mankind ....was

>he contradicting himself? " : )

>

>When God is being 'self-centred' in trying to do good to the world

>would you call this activity ego-centred or God-centred : )

>

>regards

>jay

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