Chapter 4 verse 17
“For, the true nature of right action should be known;
also that of forbidden or unlawful action and of inaction; imponderable is the
nature or path of action”
Life does not stand still. Still water decays and cannot
be of any use. Likewise beings are always doing some action or other. There are
3 classifications of action:
Karma, Vi-Karma and Akarma.
Karma has 3 further sub-classifications: Nitya Karma-
regular ordained action/duty; Naimittika Karma- action done in special occasion
and finally Kamya Karma- All other desire laden actions which we undertake.
Vi-Karma is all the actions we are forbidden or to be
avoided. Anything which doesn’t support essential dharma of the being is to be
avoided. A couple of universal dharma for human beings is Truth and
Non-violence. Akarma can be 2 kinds- Inaction which we do when we are asleep
or don’t do anything at all- There are very few circumstances in life when
inaction is appropriate. Unaction, however is when one does the action without
any desires attached to it and hence one doesn’t feel the effect of that action
and realizes a state where they feel that they are not acting at all. When
realized beings ask us not to act, this is what they mean from their state of
being. Most of us misconstrue it that the realized masters are encouraging not
to act at all! This classification is courtesy of Swami Chinmayananda’s commentary.
My humble submission to Guru and Divine grace for this knowledge imparted to us.
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