Gita, how and what I understood it.(Part-2)
Karma Yoga and Karma Sanyas Yoga
Karma Yoga:
Now, if we are souls,
what are we for in this world? This part is its answer. Karma Yoga explains
that we should do our work without expectations, selfishness and affection.
When we expect something in the return of our work, isn’t the purity in that
work.
Each work is called
Karma, but not each Karma is called work. All our work is our Karma, but all
those works we do, are for something that we want. We eat food is our work, and
it’s Karma too. But we meditate, is not our work. It’s our Karma. Even we
breathe is our Karma. Everything we do or we don’t do, is Karma. E.g., we work
to get salary. When parents educate their children, they shouldn’t expect
anything in return from their children. Why should they? Have they educated
them so that they could help them? No. If parents grow their children in well
manner, they will always help their parents. Then why to expect anything?
People worship gods only to get something from them. Nowadays we do each Karma
to get something in return. And that’s our selfish act. Karma must be selfless.
The core of expectation is called resolution. Our resolution binds us with
those expectations and we know what expectations cause in the end. Karma should
be done with pure heart, without thinking about its result. We must keep faith
in our work, in our Karma. Because we have only right over our Karma, not over
its result. If we have done our Karma with full faith and purity, it will give
us results. But we shouldn’t expect it. The souls are bound in bodies to do works
in this mortal world. We can’t simply give up everything. We are meant to do
our Karma.
Then the question
rises, how to know which Karma is right and wrong? If you have followed the
Sakhya Yoga properly, the Karma chosen by you would be right, because it was
chosen by pure heart. I recall once Balrama asked Krishna, “Why you favor
Pandavas when you know that they have also done wrong things and those things
ultimately cause this war? How you concluded to favor them?” Then Krishna
replied, “I decide my side with purity of my heart. I choose without thinking
our mortal bounds and affection. I choose without thinking about hatred and
love. I know Arjun is my best friend, and I admit that Arjun is dearest to me.
But that is not the reason why I favor them. I see righteousness with them, I
see Dharma in Pandavas side. And they need guidance in this battle.” It’s the
best way to discriminate what’s wrong and what’s right? And when you can’t
decide, you can stay neutral as Balrama did. But you must do your Karma.
The sanyasi people, who
have given up their Karmas in daily life, have their own way to reach to
supreme soul. There are many ways to reach the supreme soul. Few reach by
worshipping, few reach by fasts, few do chanting, and few do their Karma
without binding self in those Karmas. They understand what they are doing, are
actually their body’s work. This thinking won’t allow any sorrow, anger or
affection to reach to your mind and soul as well.
Karma Yoga is better
than all the ways described above to reach the supreme soul. Sankhya yoga is
also a way to reach the supreme soul in which a person uses the way of
knowledge to reach his final destination. But Karma Yoga is said better,
because it’s easier, besides, it would give you results and your body can enjoy
those luxuries happily. But you should be aware that your mind doesn’t divert.
Arjun was the yogi.
Because he did each Karma without expecting the results. He fought the war
without expecting the triumph. But faith gives fruits.
Karma Sanyas Yoga:
Now, we know the Karma
Yoga and we also know that we can reach at supreme soul through various ways.
The best way is Karma Sanyas Yoga. Karma Sanyas Yoga explains that we should dedicate
all results of our karma to the supreme soul. It means when you dedicate the
results of your Karma to the supreme soul, it would lighten your soul, and your
mind wouldn’t divert. Whether the result would be good or bad, whether it would
be victory or defeat, just dedicate it to supreme soul. If the result is good, it
would give bliss to your soul, and if it’s not, you still feel light and
sinless. And you will do another Karma without thinking about the last Karma.
This explains how we can come over from the defeat we got.
The Supreme soul
accepts everything you offer with pure heart. It’s not necessary that you
worship with Yajnas, Kathas and aarti. It’s not necessary you offer sweets. We
should only offer ourselves selflessly. And we will see that we wouldn’t choose
bad Karma and that wouldn’t cause bad result and eventually, every beings will
be happy and prosperous. Why to collect money when you know that it’s mortal?
If you are just thinking about your soul, then you don’t need anything more
than require to survive your body. That’s why scriptures consider charity as
the best act. Because it’s done with pure heart, and without expecting anything
in return. The purest Karma.
Karma Sanyas Yoga calms
your entire mind and worries about future or the results. Whatever they are,
just give them to the supreme soul.
Karma Sanyas Yoga can
be properly understood by the knowledge of Sankhya and Karma yoga. When a
person accepts Karma Sanyas Yoga completely, he could do his Karma without affection,
attraction and other bounds. And decision of Karma in such situation are always
right, because a person decides his Karma with sinless pure heart, without
hatred and love. And that’s what a man meant to do on this earth.
We are created to work and balance the nature. The nature, who gives us
birth in this world, and we must use our body to maintain its dignity. Our
souls have all the knowledge. But when our soul is planted as a seed in that
body formed by nature, the three qualities of nature binds body with soul, and
those qualities hides the true knowledge of soul. When we enlighten ourselves
through any medium, we find that our soul knows everything. It’s just our
knowledge was hidden beneath the layer of feelings felt by mortal body. We didn’t
know what our actual Karma is, and what we meant to do in this world. We work
for nature, and that’s our Dharma. When nature wants to eliminate bad people
and free their souls from that sinful body, humans must become the medium to do
that thing. That’s why Krishna said to Arjun not to fight for revenge or
anything. Because they would be just mediums. Nature wanted to free souls of
Duryodhana and others. And so, the war was necessary.
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