Class Summary for Dec 05, 2023 - Chapter-2 Slokas 47 - 50

 Summarized by:  Anuradha Bhaskara

Vasanas:-

Exhaust the vasanas and do your duty and not generate new vasanas.

Panic situation which come in our lives where we are completely shattered. Reprogram ourselves with

the help of meditation. Create the sadhana packet and mind reacts differently and we can ourselves see

the difference between before and after.

Vasanas must be reprogrammed so that we react or behave not getting too emotional or getting carried

away because of vasanas.

Law of Karma and Law of Self-Effort

Inner core issues which we face due to any situation and the baggage which we carry.

We also have positive vasanas which should be strengthened and must be grown.

Golden handcuffs are what we tied to. Sattiwc desire is still a desire.

How can we become vasasna free? The daily meditation helps us to not react the way which we might

cause a negative vasana.

A simple example is waiting at a signal when the signal turns green we all get agitated when the car in

front of us does not move ahead.

Selfless action or having a higher goal. Have an introspection

The ability to do action without getting affected with anything in between.

Asha ji tells the story of Lord Narayana and Sage Narada- where Lord Narayana tells that a human born

on earth who remembers me even in while doing his daily duties is the greatest, but Narada gets upset

and thinks that he was the greatest devotee. Sage Narada asks Lord who among the humans is greatest.

Lord Narayan shows Sage Narada a Brahmin and says to go and visit him. The Brahmin when he gets up remembers Lord Narayana, later gets busier in his worldly duties. He later remembers lord during his

meals and again gets busier with his house hold work. Later remembers lord  during his meals and

once more before he sleeps. Sage narada tells lord how come that Brahmin is greatest devotee while he

sage narada remembers and chants lord Narayana every sec.

Then lord decides to test sage narada and tells him to carry potful oil and walk around the farm land and

not even a oil drop must fall from pot. Then sage narada heads on with this task and after the task is

completed lord Narayana asks him how many times did he remember the lord during this course. Then

sage narada says that he was concentrating on the oil not spilling and could not remember lord during

this course. Then Lord Narayana says that see how difficult it is to carry on the tasks and it is more tough for a mortal being and while doing their duties they should remember lord which is not easy.

Then sage narada accepts how tough it is to remember lord while doing other duties.

How we remember god is not important to god but remembering him is what he looks for.

It is nice to remember god with love.

Shlokas 47-50

Do your actions don’t think about the results. Plan for doing something, when we plan for something we

have an outcome in mind. Start acting on the plans, while we are acting ignore the result and whatever

result comes out take it.if we fixate on the result we will make mistakes in the actions.

It is also called as Prasada Budhi.

God always has a plan for us. And whatever we get is the best for us.

When we are meditative state

Proper action:- sativk action

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Your duty is to fulfill the duty. Your adhikara is to do the duty. You have only right to do or perform the

duty as best as you can.

Don’t dissipate the mental vitality, only focus on the action and not its result.

When does the result of the action come? Before or while performing the action

The result of an action is the cause of an action and therefore result cannot come during the course of the action.

We can only act in the present. We cannot act what happened yesterday or tomorrow as they are not

now. While planning the work. Plan out how to act. Don’t unnecessarily worry about the quantum of

future.

Shloka 48:-

Krishna advices Arjun- you act on and unperturbed by

Be like Ganges no matter what obstacles come in path go thru it around it or over it.

Shloka 49:-

Durena- unnecessary complaining of work. Work is inspired. Where the worker does not understands

the pain or fatigue involved in the work.

Maintain your ideal and keep the goal highest, and reaching the goal is not the goal, but striving to reach

the higher goal is the goal.