Guest guest Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 In celebration of Lord Krishna's Birthday some of us recited the Bhagavad Gita. Krishna teaches us that the ideal way to work in the world is to perform our actions without looking for or desiring the fruit of our actions and to perform our actions without attachment. Chapter 3: verse 3: Always efficiently perform all actions without attachment, for the man who performs actions without attachment attains the Supreme Chapter 5: verse 12: Renouncing the fruits of action, the man of union attains peace, not the man of desires. He who is not in union, motivated by selfish desires, becomes bound by attachment to results. Here is a little story I read by DayaMata to illustrate this point. An ambitious man plants a flower seed and tends to it lovingly. After long months of care, just as the plant begins to blossom, insects destroy it. Such a man becomes angry or discouraged, and may stop his gardening. The divine man, on the other hand, will tend his plant even more lovingly and with greater care than the possessive man. But if insects destroy it, he says, "Lord, I grew it for You. I will plant another." He does not become upset. his attitude is t hat he will try again and again and again. Why? Because he is not doing the work for self, and he finds joy in doing it for God. So it does not not matter how many plants die. He goes on with replanting and caring." Shree Maa teaches us that we should always try to think that what we are doing we are doing for God. Victory to Lord Krishna! Victory to the Guru! Victory to the cyber satsang! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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