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Bhagavad
Gita - January 30, 2009
Chapter
3, Verses: 29-30
Swami
Yogatmananda
Vedanta
Society of Providence
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III.29:
Those
who are wholly deluded by the gunas (qualities) of Nature become attached
to the activities of the gunas (qualities). The knower of the All should
not disturb those of dull intellect, who do notknow the All.
III.30:
Devoid of the fever of the soul, engage in battle by dedicating all
actions to Me, with (your) mind intent on the Self, and becoming free
from expectations and egoism.
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Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad.
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Summary
of this lecture:
Bhagavad Gita is like our mother who destroys our bondage and showers
us with knowledge of the non-duality of the Self. It should not remain
just a matter of intellectual understanding; we must strive for the
practical experience of this Truth.
Lord Krishna tells that we should dedicate all actions to the Lord;
our actions should be like the flowers in a garland offered during worship.
By ushering in the attitude of worship, all actions get transformed
into spiritual practice. The principle in Karma Yoga is: "work
works on the worker"; so let us use our work for molding and shaping
us. The desire for recognition is difficult to overcome, but if we recognize
it and practice dedicating our work to God, gradually this dedication
will be spontaneous and the desire for recognition will drop away.
Second, we must also know we are neither body nor mind and act in accordance
with this knowledge (an attitude beautifully illustrated in the life
of Sri Ramakrishna). If we have the feeling of oneness with the whole
of existence, there will never be cause for quarrel and competition.
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