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Bhagavad
Gita - February 20, 2009
Chapter
3, Verses: 34-35
Swami
Yogatmananda
Vedanta
Society of Providence
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III.34:
Attraction and repulsion are ordained with regard to the objects
of all the organs. One should not come under the sway of these two,
because they are one's adversaries.
III.35:
One's own duty, though defective, is superior to another's duty well-performed.
Death is better while engaged in one's own duty; another's duty is fraught
with fear.
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Summary
of this lecture:
Last week we saw that although we all strive to reach the same goal
(Truth), the appropriate and suitable spiritual path differs for each
person. In Verse 34, Krishna warns that senses will have natural attraction-repulsion
to/from sense objects, BUT we must not fall prey to attraction and repulsion
of sense objects while on the spiritual path. Through the ignorance
of our intrinsically divine nature, we perceive a separation between
ourselves and the world, and thus we feel repulsions and attractions
which bind us. In addition to overcoming attraction and repulsion of
the senses, one must beware of attraction for the path of the other.
"the grass is greener on the other side of the fence;"
one must get rid of the belief that others' work is more conducive to
spiritual practice and growth. As Swami Vivekananda wrote, "Each
is great in his own place." We must perform our dharma, knowing
that our work, what ever it may be, when performed as worship, will
act as the vehicle to take us to our goal.
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