[PS: Please read my previous post to get the context]
How can I close my previous post saying that "Only few, but not all peoples' pursuits will reap fruit"!!
Arjuna asks Krishna, the same basic question which pops in our mind. If my pursuits is not going to yield me what I am in search of, why do I even strive hard and pursue my efforts? I can simply settle with what I am having and enjoy the worldly pleasures. Why do we need to stretch ourselves?
Lord Krishna gives him (and yes to all of us) a satisfying reply which we could realize only with some profound understanding. He says, though all those efforts you put does not reap fruit, it has made you acquire essential skills. Those are the skills, which facilitates you to achieve what you want. Though you (as a body) die, these skills and attributes you gained through your toiled effort remains with your soul. It is with these skills and attributes, you are reborn. And thus makes your subsequent efforts easy and quicker, helping you to achieve what you want in subsequent rebirths.
So believe that your efforts are not getting waste, just because you do not achieve what you want. You have gained innate skills which is carried over your rebirths.
Your rebirth will be in a place which would enable you to proceed with your ambition and thus says in Chapter 6, Shloka 43,
So it is assured that all our efforts are not vain though we do not get what we want (on that birth).
I always used to correlate these words of Lord Krishna, with saints like Ramana Maharishi, scientists like Einstein and socialist like Mother Theresa. They all questioned the same things that we had in our mind, like "Who Am I", "What is relativity" and "Who can serve those poor people?" respectively.
The difference between them and us (or me perhaps) is how seriously and sincerely they attempted to get an answer for those questions.
I pray and wish God, to involve us sincerely in getting answers to our questions.
How can I close my previous post saying that "Only few, but not all peoples' pursuits will reap fruit"!!
Arjuna asks Krishna, the same basic question which pops in our mind. If my pursuits is not going to yield me what I am in search of, why do I even strive hard and pursue my efforts? I can simply settle with what I am having and enjoy the worldly pleasures. Why do we need to stretch ourselves?
Lord Krishna gives him (and yes to all of us) a satisfying reply which we could realize only with some profound understanding. He says, though all those efforts you put does not reap fruit, it has made you acquire essential skills. Those are the skills, which facilitates you to achieve what you want. Though you (as a body) die, these skills and attributes you gained through your toiled effort remains with your soul. It is with these skills and attributes, you are reborn. And thus makes your subsequent efforts easy and quicker, helping you to achieve what you want in subsequent rebirths.
So believe that your efforts are not getting waste, just because you do not achieve what you want. You have gained innate skills which is carried over your rebirths.
Your rebirth will be in a place which would enable you to proceed with your ambition and thus says in Chapter 6, Shloka 43,
I always used to correlate these words of Lord Krishna, with saints like Ramana Maharishi, scientists like Einstein and socialist like Mother Theresa. They all questioned the same things that we had in our mind, like "Who Am I", "What is relativity" and "Who can serve those poor people?" respectively.
The difference between them and us (or me perhaps) is how seriously and sincerely they attempted to get an answer for those questions.
I pray and wish God, to involve us sincerely in getting answers to our questions.
Hey I hope you watched Bharadhathil Dharmam, where shri Velukkudi krishnan explains this..:)
ReplyDeleteYes da, I watched that but not often.
ReplyDeleteBut I like his discourses on Bhagavat Gita