Saturday, March 21, 2020

Srimad Bhagavat Gita commentary chapter 3 verse 31


Chapter 3 verse 31

“Those men, who constantly practice this teaching of Mine, full of faith and without complaining, they too, are freed from actions”

‘Why me?’ is the constant complaint we hear ourselves say. As far one knows, we have done no harm to anyone in this life but why am I suffering? Why should I work for a ‘terrible’ boss? Why should I suffer through this dreadful illness? Why does the world have to go through this difficult corona virus times? Why? Why? No answers to these questions one might wonder. One needs to have faith in the divine order. This verse in my opinion enumerates the link between “Bhakti-devotion” and “karma-action”. Action done with 100% faith in the divine order without complaining, hope, doership, mental agitations and centered on the Self would ensure stress less existence and slowly but surely exhaust all previous tendencies in the person and help realize the Self. As my Guruji recently said, the best response to corona virus situation is doing your action with compassion and with care for the world. Age old wisdom for all times including current times. Let’s learn the lesson nature is teaching us right now. If we don’t, we are condemned to repeat the class…


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