Contributed By Dr T Hegde
Karma Yoga for Grihastha & Jnana Yoga for Sanyasi
Contributed by Venkatesh Prasad
Path to Liberation
•Karma yoga v/s Jnana yogaà No choice
•Follow Karma Yoga to acquire qualification
•Follow Jnana Yoga to attain liberation
•Pravritti Marga for Grihastha & Nivritti Marga for Sanyasi
Importance of Karma Yoga
Krishna declares
One who controls sense organs and engages in actions without attachment is ”shreshta (superior)”
Avoiding Action
Liberation is not guaranteed
Is totally impossible
(Inaction)Will not give Moksha
Suppressed Desires will surface
•śrībhagavān uvāca, lokesmin dvividhā niṣṭhā
•purā proktā mayānagha, jñānayogena sāṅkhyānāṁ, karmayogena yoginām 3.3
Karma Yoga
CHAPTER 3 - SHLOKA 17 - 18 (contributed By Dr Diwakar)
Karma yoga from Four angles
Aajna
Yagna
Eligibilty (Chitta shuddham)
Dharma
1 AAGNA (Niyatham Karma 3.8)
•Commandment
•Element of fear is induced for immature people
•Prathyavaya paapa (sin of omission)
•Causing spiritual downfall
DOING GOOD ACTION FEARING GOD IS BETTER THAN DOING BAD ACTIONS
2 YAGNA (Yagnartham Karma 3.9-12)
•Work as worship
•Gratitude and Devotion is emphasized
•Vishwaroopa Eeshwara Bhava – Paraspara Bhavayantaha
•There is nothing called Thankless job
•(Duty = Humility Right = Fight)
•Ingratitude Thief
FOR MATERIAL & SPIRITUAL BENEFITS
3 CHITTASHODHANAM- GNYANA YOGYATHA- (3.13)
•Sarva kilbhisaihi bhunjate - Free from all papams arising from arishadvarga.
•Makes the mind ready for Gnyana yoga
•Those who cook & eat for themselves will eat not food but papam only. (Bhunjate te tu agham papa)
4 Dharma
BENEFITS OF KARMAYOGA AND GLIMPSE OF JNANA YOGA(3.17-18)
World dependency > God dependency> Self dependency
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yas tvātma-ratir eva syād ātma-tṛiptaśh cha mānavaḥ ātmanyeva cha santuṣhṭas tasya kāryaṁ na vidyate
(He revels in himself and totally contented)
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naiva tasya kṛitenārtho nākṛiteneha kaśhchana na chāsya sarva-bhūteṣhu kaśhchid artha-vyapāśhrayaḥ
(he does not depend on anyone in the creation)
•Love a child for the first five years of his life, for the next ten years deal firmly with the child. Once the child is sixteen, treat him as a friend.
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lAlayEthpanchavarSHANidashavarSHANithAdayEth /prApthEthuSHOdashEvarSHEputhrammithravadhAcharEth
KARMA YOGA FROM FOUR ANGLES
Aajna
Yagna
Eligibility
Dharma
Contributed By Dr T Hegde
Nothing to do, No where to go.
“Atmanam che Vijaniyat Ayam Asmiti Purushaha
Kimichan Kasya Kamaya Shariram Anusandha Yate”
This is from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (B.U. 4.4.12).
•If one has realised one’s own Self and has convinced oneself as to the certainty of the Self being everything, then for what purpose, desiring what, with what intention will a person run after things in the world, and why should one take birth into this body?
Avidya Kama Karma
Kriti mahodadhou patana Karanam
phalam ashashvatam gati nirodhakam.
Ishwara arpitam na icchayaa kritam
Chitta shodhakam mukti sadhakam
It is possible that Arjuna may feel that he is already a grihasta jñānī and that he does not require karma.People Follow
•Vedas (Śruti)
•Smṛti
•Śiṣṭa-ācāra – role models, parents , teachers ,leaders (Most Commonly)
The Significance and Steps of Karma Yoga
CHAPTER 3 - SHLOKA 30 Contributed By- Jyotirmayi Karthik
mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi sannyasyādhyātmacetasā | nirāśīrnirmamo bhūtvā yudhyasva vigatajvaraḥ || 30
Offering all actions unto Me with a mind that is discriminating, fight without expectations, without the sense of possession, (and) without anxiety
Summary
-Do what is to be done
-as an offering to Īśvara
-with an attitude of worship
-without anxiety about future
-without a sense of ownership
-and without complaining
WHAT COMPELS MAN TO COMMIT SIN?
THE PROBLEM OF DESIRE & ITS SOLUTION
CHAPTER 3 - SHLOKA 36-43 Dr. Sunderraj Ellur
ARJUNA’S QUESTION…
arjuna uvāca
atha kena prayuktoyaṁ
pāpaṁ carati pūruṣaḥ
anicchann api vārṣṇeya
balād iva niyojitaḥ 3.36
Compelled by what, does this person commit sin, unwilling, forcibly persuaded?
KRISHNA SAYS – Here! Behold your real enemy - Ka – Kr - SWARUPAM
śrībhagavān uvāca
kāma eṣa krodha eṣa
rajoguṇasamudbhavaḥ
mahāśano mahāpāpmā
viddhyenamihavairiṇam 3.37
ENEMY IS WITHIN –
It is this Kama this Krodha from Rajo Guna
Kama is a Glutton. Kroda is Papam
How does this enemy attack?
Ka – Kr - KARANAM
āvṛtaṁ jñānam etena
jñānino nityavairiṇā
kāmarupeṇa kaunteya
duṣpūreṇānalena ca 3.39
dhūmenāvriyate vahnir
yathādarśo malena ca
yatholbenāvṛto garbhas
tathātenedamāvṛtam 3.38
KAMA covers the Viveka Shakti & makes one forget his true nature
AVIDYA- KAMA- KARMA
KRISHNA’S SOLUTION –
Ka – Kr - PARIHARA - TEMPORARY
tasmāt tvam indriyāṇy ādau
niyamya bharatarṣabha pāpmānaṁ prajahi hy enaṁ
jñānavijñānanāśanam 3.41
IN CONCLUSION
evaṁ buddheḥ paraṁ buddhvā
saṁstabhyātmānam ātmanā
jahi śatruṁ mahābāho
kāmarūpaṁ durāsadam 3.43
By Nidhidhyasanam ,Attain Purnatvam- Get Atma Nista- Be Stitha Prajna
arjuna uvāca
atha kena prayuktoyaṁ
pāpaṁ carati pūruṣaḥ
anicchann api vārṣṇeya
balād iva niyojitaḥ 3.36
How to avoid being dragged by Gunas-
Viveka - Discerning Truth from ephemeral
Sankalpa- Resolution to follow Right Path
Satsanga- Being in the company of people
Prathipaksha Bhavana- withdrawing from negative influences
Prarthana - Prayer and surrender
Om Puurnnam-Adah Puurnnam-IdamPuurnnaat-Purnnam-Udacyate
PuurnnasyaPuurnnam-AadaayaPuurnnam-Eva-Avashissyate ||
Om ShaantihShaantihShaantih ||
Great help. Thanks for publishing it. Are you planning to do this for the first chapter also?