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Bhagavad
Gita - June 05, 2009 Vedanta Society of Providence
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IV.18: One who finds inaction in action and action in inaction, he/she is the wise one among human beings; he/she is engaged in yoga and is a performer of all actions.
The above image is from Gita Darshan by courtesy of Sri Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad.
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Summary of this lecture:
We heard
in the last class that in Verse 18 Sri Krishna tells Arjuna that a true
yogi is one who can see action in inaction, and inaction in action.
When we feel like we are working, it is because our hands, feet, etc.
are moving, but those body parts are not the real "I." When
we feel we are doing nothing (i.e. relaxing in a chair), our body may
be still but our mind continues to be active. Sri Krishna tells Arjuna
that if one realizes this truth, he is the most intelligent among human
beings, a true yogi, and has accomplished "all works" (i.e.
everything that needs to be done in life). No actions really do us any
good except for those which bring us towards the realization of this
truth; all other actions are useless activities. No matter what we do
in life, we will always be asking ourselves, "What next?"
There will be no real fulfillment and rest from work unless we realize
this truth. After that, there is no "next," nothing more to
achieve. In that sense, such a person has finished all the works.
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