1.#Opinion : Saturday, April 01, 2023. 06:00. 3072/// Ancient Culture ( Samskaram ) of India ( Bharatham ) - 17. Swami Krishnananda.

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1.#Opinion : Saturday, April 01, 2023. 06:00. 3072///

Chapter - 7: The Message of the Mahabharatam.-7.

Post-17.

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VIDEO : 009 - Eternal Message of Mahabharata War | Bhagavad Gita | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

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What is the Mahabharata telling us? Great joy, great enthusiasm, great wealth, kinghood, power, status, and all that we want in this world is finally to take us to the other world—kingdom come. Nothing as is reported by the sense organs should be trusted finally. The senses are deceptive. They tell us everything topsy-turvy. They tell us that the world is there for our enjoyment, but it is like a crocodile that will catch hold of us and swallow us one day. Therefore, be not attached to anything in this world.

The Bhagavadgita is a part of the Mahabharata, and it tells us the quintessence of the intention of the author of the Mahabharata. The story is there; of course, you know what the story is about. But there is a message behind it: that detachment, no contact with things with emotional clinging, should be the law of your life. And all the duties that you perform in this world, all the office going, all the hectic activity, all the factory working, and so on, with all the sweating of your brow is intended only to justify your participation in the cosmic law. God does everything. There is only one action taking place in the whole cosmos. Nobody does anything, finally. If you walk on the road, the legs are moving, the hands are moving, the eyes are seeing, the ears are hearing, but all these varieties of actions of the limbs are actually the action of one person. You are walking, you are seeing, you are hearing, and you are moving. It is not that your legs are doing something and your eyes are doing another thing. So is the case with the activity of the cosmos.

The great history of the world—world history right from the beginning till now—may be regarded as one action taking place of the Supreme Absolute. One action is taking place in the whole cosmos because the entire cosmos is a single organism. It is one person, finally. There is only one person in the whole universe. That person is working. That architect of the cosmos is the source of every movement, historical or evolutionary, and whatever you are thinking or doing is also a part and parcel of that action. Just as the legs may feel that they are walking while actually the person is walking—it is not the legs that walk—so is the case with all your activities. The whole universe is a single action which is motivated by the will of the Central Intelligence of this universe. It is called God in religion, the Absolute in philosophy, the Ultimate Reality towards which everything is moving gradually in the process of evolution. You are not an actor in this world; you are a participant in the action of the cosmos. Therefore, be not attached to anything. Do your duty very well as a participant, as a cooperative medium, but do not say ‘mine', because nothing is yours. No limb of the body can say it is the whole body. It is a part and parcel of the cooperative activity of the total organism of the body.

Thus, the Bhagavadgita tells you that it is the duty of every person born in this world to perform their appointed work—which is what is called cooperative activity or unselfish action—with detachment because if you are attached, you will be under the impression that you are doing the deed, and if you think that you are doing any deed, the recompense of it will also fall on your head. Therefore, expect not the fruit of action. Work is your duty, but the fruit of your duty is not in your hands. You have the right to act, but you have no right to ask for the fruit of your action because the fruit is in the hands of the cosmic powers. Therefore, do not expect a particular fruit to be yielded or to follow from your single action.

Do your duty. Duty is your imperative. There are no rights in this world, but these days people cry for rights: “This is my right, but I have no duty.” There are people who do not do any work. They say, “I will not do any work, but I must get what I want.” That is to say, they are asking for rights only, without duties. But the world does not work in that manner. It is duty that operates; there are no rights. Actually, when you perform your duty, rights will automatically follow. You need not ask for your rights and privileges. The world is so abundant and rich in all its contents that when you perform your duty as a participant in the cosmic activity, the cosmos will open its treasure before you. When you cling to God, He will see that all abundance is poured upon you.

I repeat once again the great statement of Christ: “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” A similar message we have in the Bhagavadgita. Ananyāś cintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate, teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yogakṣemaṁ vahāmyaham (B.G. 9.22): “Undividedly if you contemplate the Absolute, the whole world of wealth will follow you wherever you go.” You will lack nothing.

So trust in God, rely on Him, and undividedly be meditating on that great glory, that Supreme Reality. You will lack nothing in this world. Blessedness shall be yours in this world, as well as hereafter, is a wonderful message of this great epic the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita. God bless you.

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Chapter 8: India's Concept of Totality
To be continued

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JAI HIND

JAI BHARATHAM

VANDHE MADHARAM

BHARAT MATHA KI JAI.

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