Re: Sadhana
Namaste.
Originally Posted by
Jodhaa
Namaste, ShivaFan
I've solved this problem for myself by simply dedicating my work (and the fruit of my work) to God. Before I start working I say a prayer thanking God for giving me my skills and allowing me to make myself useful. I ask God to accept my work as part of my Sadhana.
Originally Posted by
ShivaFan
Namaste Jodhaa
Quote Jodhaa: " I've solved this problem for myself by simply dedicating my work (and the fruit of my work) to God."
Thank you Jodhaa, this is the answer for me!
Om Namah Sivaya
Yes, this is sanctioned by Sri Krishna Himself in the Bhagavad Gita (Swami Tapasyananda translation).
Chapter 2.
47. To work alone you have competence, and not to claim their fruits. Let not the longing for fruits be the motive force of your action. At the same time let not this attitude confirm you in indolent inaction.
48. Engage yourself in action with the mind steadfast in Yoga. Abandon attachments, O Arjuna, and be unperturbed in success and failure. This unperturbed sameness in all conditions is Yoga.
49. O Arjuna, mere action (with attachment) is far inferior to action done with the mind poised in evenness. Seek shelter in this state of unperturbed evenness (which can arise only in a desireless mind in communion with the Divine). Those who work for selfish gains are indeed pitiable.
50. One endowed with this unperturbed evenness of mind abandons the effects of both good and bad actions even here itself. Therefore strive for this state of Yoga. Yoga is skill in action.
51. Wise men, established thus in the unperturbed evenness of mind, abandon the fruits of action, free themselves from entanglement in the cycle of births and deaths, and attain to the state of freedom from all sorrow (liberation).
Chapter 3.
9. O son of Kunti! In this world all actions, unless they are done as an offering to God (or as Yajna), become causes of bondage. Therefore, work for the sake of God without personal attachments.
15. Works of sacrifice have their authority in the Veda. Veda has been revealed by the Supreme Being. Therefore the all-comprehending Veda is established in sacrifice (that is, has performance of sacrifice as its fundamental teaching).
19. Therefore perform action always without attachment. For, by working without attachment a man attains the Supreme.
I think we get the point.
śivasya hridayam viṣṇur viṣṇoscha hridayam śivaḥ
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