Chapter 18 verse 8
“To give up prescribed duties because they are troublesome or cause bodily discomfort is renunciation in the mode of passion. Such renunciation is never beneficial or elevating.”
The reason for the Bhagavat Gita is to goad Arjuna
from his slumber and delusion that carrying out a “not so pleasant” act of
killing his own near and dear. This situation presents itself many times to all
of us. We don’t want to perform duties and actions which are not pleasant for
us either at body, mind, intellect or ego level. Even exercising to keep body
fit is the right thing to do but many of us seldom do it due to laziness and
pain to the body. Giving up such activities due to discomfort does not aid in
our spiritual growth and they are decisions made out of passion or rajas. We
think these decisions are great for us but they are not.
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