Pranams to all Well ; this philosophy is so difficult to understand - for example, when we feel hungry we take food - we are doing the action ; but whether it is going to satisfy our hunger or not we cannot forget as to why we are taking food. likewise in all our actions there is a result already attached to it- they are inseperable- remaining detached to results while performing the action can result in disinterest in action - that is action performed partially- Does the Lord approve this I know i am wrong or missing out on something ; but please elaborate thanks for patience VKV ----- Original Message ----- From: "sukumar" <sukumar@xxxx> To: <srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 7:48 AM Subject: RE: [SriRangaSri] Doership > Sri Krishnaya Namah! > > The question is really interesting and I expect all bhaktas in this forum > to express their methodology for our benefit. > > My understanding in this topic is like this. > > If one do his duties - be it loukika or paraloukika, he should not bound by > what he is doing. In other words, we should not think of the results > arising out of karma while doing it but we should do it properly. See, in > our daily life, if we are doing any work and we are bound by the feeling of > what comes out of it, the efficiency definitely takes a beating resulting > in a rank low degree output. This was very well explained by Ms.Padma Row > in her discourse on BG. What she says is that we have to select karma, do > it whole heartedly and while doing forget about the result/output. We > should think of ways and means of doing it efficiently but not on the > result, while doing Karma. Thus, we can increase our shraddha in the karma > and by adopting a uninterested attitude we are saving ourselves from the > attachment that comes along with output. > > The other way of approaching this is to just think of Him while doing > Karma, as if it is being done to appease him thus leaving the rest to Him. > For example, we are doing sandhyavandanam or some daily puja for Him and > after doing it, we should not be thinking that whether He is happy or angry > about our misprounciation of some mantras etc., For, the mind wanders > always like a vagabond and we need to pull it back in its place. We just > have to chant Hari Om and leave the rest to Him / surrender to Him, letting > him the choice of gracing us or otherwise. > > Also, our deeds should not be attached with any desire, which if so done, > results in a philosophical/spiritual state of happiness in us. For > example, in our professional life, afterall the struggle we put in, there > comes a time during the end of financial year, wherein we expect some > increments from the orgn. This expectation/desire is the very reason for > all miseries and the vasanas that we acquire while doing karma. It is just > like going on a pilgrimage not to see Perumal but ask for something or the > other from him, which itself nullifies the effort that we put in seeing > Him. > > > Net net, we just have to do things, just like the famous ad 'Just do it' > and surrender our mind/aatma to Him with the body doing things, > mechanically. We need to mortgage our mind (path for reaching aatman) with > Him with a condition that He will keep that with Him securely always. > > > Sukumar > > Sri Krishnaparabrahmane Namah! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vijay-AW [SMTP:vijayalu@xxxx] > Sent: 15/05/2003 5:15 PM > To: srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [SriRangaSri] Doership > > Dear bhagavathas > > what are the practical ways of doing our duties ( like our duties in > office, home etc) without the doership feeling?. > is it just that when we start the day we offer our prayers to the Lord that > whatever we do is just for His sake? what I mean is ; is that just a mental > affirmation?. > may be this question is too elementary. > > thanks > vijayaraghavan v k > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Srirangasri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Srirangasri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >
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