Chapter 3 verse 32
“But, those who find
fault/complain (carp) at My teaching and do not practice it, deluded in all
knowledge, and devoid of discrimination, know them to be doomed for destruction”
Krishna is referring in this
verse about the practice of doing actions with no attachment to result of
action. ‘Matam’ is the word for religion in Sanskrit and several Indian languages
and sometimes written or pronounced as ‘madham’. The actual meaning in sanskrit
of this word is ‘opinion’. Swami chinmayananda differentiates between key
difference between religion and spirituality as that religion is propagated by
particular opinion or rules of a God/Prophet whereas spirituality is the
discovery of the human condition and going to the root of eternal happiness. In
this case, Krishna says that those who choose to ignore his teaching/opinion,
deluded in the false knowledge or understanding that no action is superior to
action, then the person is not going to progress in both life and spirituality
and is doomed for destruction. In this verse, he also talks about lack of
discrimination, this is the ability to differentiate between desire based
actions and desire less actions. He also encourages the discrimination between
selfish action and self less action. Several accomplished Gurus and masters of
Bharata have requested people to just follow the religion they were born into
and walk the spiritual path. The importance of their statements are now finding
a home in my heart.
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