Karmyoga 4b

Discourses from Most revered Param Pujya Shri Dr. VishwaMitr ji Maharajshri

How to convert action into karmyog ( Action enjoined with Divinity) [ An humble attempt to translate His Divine words in English]

Part 4 b

Today a Divine Soul saint has gone to a Barney’s shop. He went and said – brother, for the sake of God, Kindly do my hair. To get a hair cut, the Divine Soul has gone to the barber’s shop. You also go. Sometimes you find the barber alone otherwise somebody is getting the shave done, someone is getting a haircut and some are sitting and waiting . Waiting for their turn. The moment the barber heard the saint utter the words- For the sake of God, Kindly do my hair,

So to others who were seated he said – The Lord’s work first, my apologies please. This saint has come. His work first. If you can wait, please do keep sitting. If you need to go elsewhere, then do some after a while. People said, a great saint has come. How else we could see him , so all kept sitting. Kept having his darshan. A true saint’s even darshan never goes waste. From the saint, what one gets to see, there is way more that is unseen. This is the glory of the saint. This is the Lord’s Grace. The Lord, does not allow one to know, that what all you attain through the saint. Just by his presence, just by his darshan, so much satisfaction, peace one gets and the mind gets stabilized. The stability that one does not get after elaborate practices, the same one gets just by having the darshan of the saint.

Thus, those who all were sitting, they thought that we would keep having the darshan of such a big saint, otherwise how is it possible? The barber made the hair. Very lovingly he made the hair. After getting the hair done, the saint got up. There is a small bag at his shoulder. He took out the money to give it to the barber. No, said the barber with folded hands. O saint ! What is this ? The moment you entered you said- for the sake of God, make my hair. I did not do the hair for money. I did it for the Lord.

There is so much difference in the talk now. The saint in his own words said – In my discourses I always then said that I learned Karmyoga from that barber. What he demonstrated. I merely said that for the sake of God Kindly do my hair. He actually did it. O Divine zone ! I did not do the hair for money. You came and said- For God, do my hair, and I did it for God, nor for money. The saint liked it and felt slightly guilty too. See, how good this barber is. He put the money back in his bag. This is Karmyoga. Where the action gets enjoined with the Lord, where action is done for the Lord,

There is no harm in doing business. You will do it for the world, for yourself, for your loved ones, that is selfishness, that action will remain an action. So clear is the Gita, the scripture. You will do it for yourself, for your loved ones, that action will remain an action. The action is the same but if you enjoin it with the Lord, not for yourself, not for your loved ones, only for Lord, then that action becomes a Karmyoga. That will pave path for your salvation.

RamaKrishna Paramhansa goes further. He was illiterate. His talks are very sweet and dear. How does he teach Karmyoga? Today you listened to the hymn, “ if we get the support of Lord, then nothing else we need”. What does it mean ? To stay connected with the Lord, meaning to stay in the Lord’s refuge. Yesterday we saw that till Paarth gave the reins of his life to Lord Krishna he did go go out of his house. Meaning, Arjuna has taken refuge in the Lord’s Lotus feet. He has kept the Lord, with him and around him. Just recollect that when Swamiji Maharajshri gives us deeksha, the first thing He says is keeping the Lord sound you and with you, bow and pay your salutations. As if Swamiji Maharajshri kept these words the foremost. Keeping the Lord with you around you make porridge. Whatever you make. Anything you make. When we make anything keeping the Lord with us and around us, then that preparation is ultimate, it is eligible to be offered as a prasaad.

RamaKrishna Paramhansa gives a beautiful suggestion. Arjun had the Lord directly with him, one who could be seen. We don’t have. RamaKrishna Paramhansa has Mother, but not the temple. Mother of the temple could not be kept side by side at all the times. So how did RamaKrishna manage then, and how does he explain it to us? He says, with the right hand dear ones perform the work, and keep the left hand at the Lotus feet of the Lord. Automatically the work will get connected with the Lord. Connection has been made, the line has got connected. With one hand perform the action, keep the other at the Lotus feet of the Lord. The unseen Lord. “ With folded hands and bowed head I pay my salutations to you again and again, to You O the Lord, the Supreme Soul, the most auspicious One! So says Swamiji Maharaj in Namaskar Saptak. Which feet? Our Lord is the formless One! The form One only some have, one who can see Him. One cannot refuse this. Everybody’s Lord is the formless One. So for that formless One, RamaKrishna Paramhansa says, perform work with one hand, use the spatula, and keep the other hand at the Lotus feet of the Lord. When the work of spatula is done, then bring that other hand too at the Lotus feet of the Lord.

What will happen with this? RamaKrishna Paramhansa says that the one who is using the spatula, will realize that whatever work you made us do, it was You who made us do it, all we offer at Your Lotus feet. Keeping both hands at the Lotus feet means, that work was performed with Your energy, with Your Grace, with Your wish. So therefore, both hands are at Your Lotus feet.

So kindly allow to end here. Tomorrow we’ll continue with this discussion. Do you remember the topic of the discussion? How to convert this labor into worship, how to convert action into Karmyoga? Kindly remember this subject. Tomorrow it’ll be continued further. Thanks.

Karmyoga 4a

Discourses from Most revered Param Pujya Shri Dr. VishwaMitr ji Maharajshri

How to convert action into karmyog ( Action enjoined with Divinity) [ An humble attempt to translate His Divine words in English]

4a

Dear ladies and gentlemen! Everyday, standing at the door with folded handed a prayer is offered to you all that in your mind kindly keep chanting RAM RAM. Kindly do not talk on the way. Throughout the day, do chanting, etc etc. Many devotees do this too. The ones who do not do it, kindly start doing it from today. It’s beneficial for you only. How much earning you’ll do, it’s yours alone. All of it will go in the Lord’s court with you. This is the earning that will go with you. Big gardens lands, mansions, hotels, etc. will remain here only. Only the earning from the Name will go with you. It will be an intelligent decision if we do more and more of this earning and at the same time perform our duties well.

Heard great praises. Banti has narrated many talks about the village. The village of Manali had organized Shrimagbhavad katha. Great praises have heard. Many people listened to it with great reverence. It’s a beautiful thing. The pollution of the environment gets diluted, the environment does not get polluted. If it gets polluted then the pollution is taken care of. So these events should be organized. After listening to it intently then it needs to be contemplated. What have you heard? It needs to be brought into practice. Then one gets fruit of listening. Then the katha gives its fruit.

King Preekshit listened to this katha with great intensity. A listener like Prikshit and a speaker like Maharaj Shukhdev, both the listener and the speaker are devotional, if a conjunction like this happens, then dear devotees, only in 7 days, one attains salvation. This is the declaration of Shrimadbhavad katha, this is not only with Bhagvad katha but Ram katha as well, any Bhagvad katha, Shiv katha, with any katha it’s the same thing, the speaker needs to be such, the one who has experienced himself , what he is saying, he has implemented in his own life and the listener too, such that he also tries his level best, is interested in, is eager to implement. If we only listen, then for the moment you listen you are benefitted. At that time there is less remembrance of the world. For that time the mind is focused.

May God bless such that these kinds of events are organized. You all may keep going, and listening. The Divine company is a very sublimated thing. Katha is fine. The orators of katha ( story) do story telling. The Divine company is with a saint, with Truth. There is a huge difference between the two. The Divine company is Divine company only. It’s meant to be done and not listened to! The story is to be listened. Never forget this difference. The difference is minute. You come to do satsang. You yourself do Shri Amritvani paath. You do paath of Bhakti prakaash, Ramayan ji, Gita ji. This is called the Divine company. This is called satsang.

You listen to stories ( katha) . Then also do many kathas are being organized. It’s very good. The environment does not get polluted. If it is there, then it gets cleared out. If you get an opportunity then may these events continue to be organized, and never hesitate to participate in them. You never know from where we learn something that changes our life forever!

The discussion in Gita ji is going on. We all are laborers. From a house wife to the owners of hotels , we all are laborers. We labor and we eat. You have a jewelry shop, He is also a laborer , a worker breaking stones on a road, is also a laborer, bank manager is also a laborer, the Prime Minister of a country also a laborer , the President of the entire world, he is also a laborer. Wherever one does something and gets something in return ,whether in terms of a paycheck or any other thing, there one is a laborer. That is labor.

The homemakers cook food and give it to the husbands, the children. Somewhere there is a desire that today they will appreciate the rice that I have made. Wherever this desire comes, there the act becomes a labor.

The same thing, if a person thinks that the food will be cooked, the ladies , the homemakers have to cook food, have to eat the food and give it to the family too, only this emotion if it gets transformed that I am going to the market to get vegetables and I have return home fast as I have to cook food for my Lord, then your visit from home to the shop is also worship, coming back from the market is also worship, you have made the food at home, that is also a worship, you have to wash hands, some dirty fellow may not enter inside, some dog or cat, etc, you do not allow as you need to maintain purity. The manner in which the food is made for the Lord, the same is made for the family. The family will get it, the family will eat it, but your emotion is, that it is being made for my Lord. This will make your action into worship. This will make an act into karmyoga.

Now dear lady, you will not get food. Now you’ll get prasaad. Why? Because you made the food for the Lord and offered it to Him. You offer the prasaad to the Lord, O son! When you go to the temple. You buy a box of sweets from Manali Sweet and give it to the pundit and the pundit offers it to the Lord, and from there he gives two ladoos to you and you receive it from both hands. The box you give from your one hand but when he gives you the ladoos back, then you take with both hands. Why? It has become prasaad. Only by changing the emotion, that this food is for the Lord. These actions are for the Lord, the Supreme Being, then that action, does not remain an action, it is as if , that action no longer brings in hand cuffs, the action no longer causes bondage. It becomes the tool for salvation. This action is called Karmyoga.

Continued ….

Karmyoga 3b

Discourses from Most revered Param Pujya Shri Dr. VishwaMitr ji Maharajshri

How to convert action into karmyog ( Action enjoined with Divinity) [ An humble attempt to translate His Divine words in English]

Part 3b

The topic is how to make an action into Karmyoga ( action enjoined with the Lord). How to convert labor into worship? Meaning how to convert action into Karmyoga such that the action which is the cause of our bondage , the action that binds our hands and feet in handcuffs, the same if removes the bondages and becomes the reason for our salvation, then dear Son, it’s called Karmyoga .

How to perform our action such that it becomes a reason to be enjoined with the Lord, to get connected with the Lord, to beget the Lord, this is the topic that what do we need to do?

One by one we’ll start our discussion. Will you remember it, whatever is being said now? Whether dear lady it’s household work, whether it’s office work, whether business, farming , work of garden , collect all these work, then also you’ll not achieve salvation. Then also you’ll not be free from the cycle of birth and death. Such a declaration is made by the scriptures. Saints and Divine Souls say, you may get it written on a blank sheet of paper. How so much learned you are, we have no qualms about writing it down, if you do not convert it into worship , then this action can never provide you with salvation. In many many births you will not attain salvation. That department is different. The action that gives salvation is different, those things are different. That is called spirituality. That is called worship. That is called chanting of chanting of Name, meditation, etc etc.

We have to have a communion of these two. How to do it? Ladies and gentlemen, there is no respite for action. Keep doing it. If we see, a man can perform worship of at the most one hour in the morning, and if you are a great devotee then one hour in the evening. Many don’t even do that. We don’t even have time more than this. Why? We are so busy in our work, the work of worshipping the livelihood, we are so busy in our work that time is that much only. You cannot increase 24 hours. So what do we have to do? The action that takes up most of our time of the day , the worship of livelihood, we all are busy in this only, right? Then how to convert that action into worship , this is the topic of discussion.

Let’s start the process. What process we need to apply such that our action becomes worship. It’s a long discussion, ladies and gentlemen but very productive.

One topic, if it enters our lives, then our practices with be successful. Only by chanting on rosary, meditation, singing hymns, with Divine company, it takes a lot of time. But this work that you are doing for the maximum amount of time, if the entire thing becomes a worship, if the entire behavior becomes worship then things can work out really fast. As it and Divine Souls go to this extent and say that your practices will only be successful if you convert your actions into worship. Then it’ll become very easy. How to do it? Let us begin.

Arjun is ready to go to the battlefield. Before going what does he do? He makes Lord the charioteer of his chariot that is his life. Come with me please, otherwise I will not go. Kindly take o de my chariot . You kindly hold the reins, you run it. I will sit comfortably. Tomorrow, when you go out of your home, why tomorrow? From today itself, when you come out of your home, to go for your business, ask the Lord, to kindly come with us. Kindly stay with us. Wherever the Lord’s company is, wherever the Lord is near, wherever the Lord takes the reins of your life in His hands, then those actions are inspired by the Lord. Where will that chariot go? Where the Lord will make it go. The chariot will not go there where Ego will remain, where selfishness prevails, where anger sustains, where jealousy prevails. It will not go there. Where will the action go, where the Lord will turn the reins of the horses. Where the horses faces will turn, there the action is going to go.

So the first tool: think a little bit as you go home today. Who is the charioteer of our life? Arjun’s charioteer we all know. The Lord Himself is seated. Who is the charioteer of our life? Ask for this answer, contemplate, think, then you will realize that the charioteer of our chariot are the defects, selfishness. These pleasures, they do not leave us. Wherever we have this desire of worldly pleasure , there the action will remain an action only. Forget these mortal pleasures. These pleasures of life are the cause of bondage. These are the reasons of your bondage. These cannot become the reason to set you free. These are not the reasons for your salvation. These are the reasons for bondage. But we want the tools for salvation. If we want to attain salvation, if we need to beget the Lord, if we want to free ourselves from the cycle of life and death, then.

So, firstly , take the Lord with you when you step out of your house. If staying at home then, keep the Lord all around and near you. When going out, then take the Lord with you. Ask Him to kindly be seated on the charioteer. The chariot of life, kindly be seated on it. Kindly take its reins in Your hands and make us work. We will come after You. But now what is happening, we want the Lord to work according to us. We want this, we want that, do this for us, do that for us. Right now we are making the Lord work according to our needs. And Paarth says- Oh no! Don’t do this stupidity. Don’t make this mistake. Walk in accordance with the Lord.

So this is the first tool/ resource that will convert the action into karmyoga. We will continue this tomorrow. Today kindly allow to end here. Thanks.

Karmyoga 3a

Discourses from Most revered Param Pujya Shri Dr. VishwaMitr ji Maharajshri

How to convert action into karmyog ( Action enjoined with Divinity) [ An humble attempt to translate His Divine words in English]

Part 3 a

The discussion that’s going on is, Paarth, you are entitled to only action and not on the result. If a person gets sick, if somebody at home gets sick , the daughter gets sick, wife gets sick, sister gets sick, husband gets sick, your entitlement is only such that his/ or her treatment does not suffer. Get the illness treated. If the person needs care, then do not whine or complain and serve but serve with joy. The Lord has given you this service, the Lord has given you this duty , do it diligently.

The person will get better because of the medicine or will not get better, neither you know nor the medicine knows. This is only under the control of the Lord.

“I treat He cures”

A good and intelligent doctor always says, I treat , the Lord cures. The medicine does not cure, if the medicine cured, then dear friends, why would the people die by taking medicines.

People still die inspite of taking medicines. It is as if medicine is just an excuse. Whether the treatment will cure or not, it’s under the control of the Lord. From our side, we should not slack.

Let’s move ahead O seekers!

Scriptures say that there is two kinds of worship. One with which everyone fills his tummy. And the other the Lord’s worship. Saints and Divine Souls here say, that be it the worship for the tummy or for the Lord, it’s not enough. Today Lord is telling us such practical things. Lord, the instructor of Gita, Lord Shri Krishna. Says in Gita ji , one who sleeps a lot, his union does not get fructified, nor the one who does not sleep at all. One who eats a lot cannot attain the union, and one who does not eat at all , even he cannot attain the union. It is as if saying to take the middle path. What does Gita ji teach us – give up both take the middle path. See how practical things the Lord is teaching us. So this scripture is such a practical one, it’s not a mere theory, or a principle , it is practical. If you take the middle path you are fine.

So if you worship, to fill the tummy, then you will not be benefitted. Only Lord’s worship you’ll do, even then you’ll not the benefitted. It’s not possible. It’s not practical. Therefor, saints and Divine Souls say that the conjunction of these two paths is the correct path, path of salvation, path to come out of the circle of birth and death. So son! What is the conjunction of these two paths? Work to fill the tummy as well as worship the Lord too, then you’ll be elevated and benefitted.

Much of our time ladies and gentlemen is spent in earning for our livelihood. See, step a little ahead and see, what happens at home. The woman who works, has no time at all. It’s work for livelihood. She is busy the entire day in her livelihood. There is a businessman, a shopkeeper. He goes to his shop in the morning, early he goes. Comes back late at night. The whole day is spent at the shop. Just for the livelihood. There is an employee. Works at a bank, or in a school, or any other job, he also goes in the morning, and comes back tired at night. With great difficulty eats food and then goes to sleep. Again in the morning gets ready to work. All these are worship for the livelihood.

In the language of saints and Divine Souls, dear ladies, working for livelihood is our word. What do we say we are doing? Worshipping the livelihood. This is our word. Saints and Divine Souls say that this is what we are doing but we call this labor. How so? The way a laborer breaks stones on the road. In the evening whatever work he has done, he gets paid accordingly. A worker, collects apples from the garden and takes the load down, the whole day’s work, he is paid. He is performing labor. This is about the labor. The shopkeepers also do the same, employee also the same, in other words, one poor thing is a small laborer and the other one is a big one. They get paid after one month. You are a teacher, they get paid after a month. For what ? For the work they did. So the worship of this livelihood , the saints and Divine Souls call this as labor. Where you do labor, whatever was it’s cost, you took that . That’s called labor. The work that you performed, the work that you did the whole day, you taught the students, and kept teaching for one year, there was a Sunday, maybe another holiday, but the moth that you worked , your hard work, it’s labor you got in the form of a salary, so these are big laborers. The roadside laborer, the apple picker laborer, the one who works in tourism is a bigger laborer. The manager, GM, etc, etc big laborers.

The doctor whose nursing home is there. Very reputed. Very big. These are more bigger laborers. The husband is a Chief Engineer, but he is a laborer. But dear that one after your hard work. The government pays after a month. Whatever you are, a Prime Minister, President, those are big laborers but are still laborers.

What the saints and the five souls want to clarify here, whether you are a small laborer or a big one, or the biggest, with this labor, you will never attain salvation till many births. These little things we need to understand. There is no escape from work. No escape from worship of the livelihood. The moment we are out from here, the worship for livelihood will begin. Work will begin. One has to do it, never leave it. But the things here need to be clear. Then the emotions gets transformed and then labor becomes worship.

Karmyog 2c

Discourses from Most revered Param Pujya Shri Dr. VishwaMitr ji Maharajshri

How to covert action into karmyog ( Action enjoined with Divinity) [ An humble attempt to translate His Divine words in English]

Part 2 c

That person is called a yogi, who accepts the Lord’s wish with complete joy. Does not whine/ complain about it. Accepts with absolute joy. Whatever Ram is your wish. Whatever happened, happened for the best. Whatever was best for me, it happened. You can never think bad for me. You are not my enemy. You are mine, only you are mine. In this world, my sister brother, my parents, are not mine. It’s only for this birth. But my relation with you is immortal. It’s been there since so many ages and will continue to be there. The relation with others will be over here only. If not today then tomorrow. But with you it is unbreakable. One that never ever breaks. How strange are you ? You can never think bad for me. You can never think ill of me. Whatever is good for me, you do that only. This, my child! One who accepts this fact, is eligible to be called a “karmyogi” !

Gladly accepts! Whatever my Ram was Your wish, whatever was written in my life, whatever was written in my destiny, it happened. One who accepts this, He becomes eligible for the Grace of the Lord. Lord is happy at him. He did not find fault with my doings. Did not whine or cry. But and if was not done.Whatever was My Wish, he embraced it and gladly accepted it. This person received the Grace of the Lord and His Love.

Only your right is to do the action, the work. You have no right to the result. Where do I have to give, How much I have to give, whether I have to give or not, it’s all under me.

It’s a million thanks to the Almighty O ladies and gentlemen, at least I think that the Lord of Lords has blessed us not with a 100% freedom to do action! How much freedom we have, let us see by this example.

You have a cow, a bull, a calf. You have put a rope on their neck and then tied it with a support.

The cow gets up, sits, eats, chews. If you go to her with a negative intention , she will bring her horns towards you, attack you with the horns. Morning and evening you go to her for milking the milk, she gives milk. Whatever she has eaten she excretes , moves her tail, if a fly or a mosquito sits on her she removes them with her tail. She has that much of freedom, as per the length of the rope. That’s it. If you say that the length of the rope is large and allow her to go to another room. She cannot go. She is tied and has a sos if it length of the rope. This the Lord has kept in His hands.

Saints Divine Souls after investigating say, if I had given this person absolute freedom then goodness knows how many people he might have eaten. I have just given him freedom of 1-2% , not more than this. In this freedom also, we do so much that the cycle of birth – death does not leave us. Just imagine if The Supreme One, had given us 100% independence, then maybe so many people could not have sat together. We would have eaten each other up. Million thanks to the Lord, that He has given us only a little bit of freedom. Because of this freedom we go through 84,00,000 births. Only due to this much freedom.

In Ch 6 what did the Saints and Divine Souls say? A seeker , a true seeker , can work towards his own emancipation, towards his own Improvement. A Soul can work towards salvation with a Soul. Soul, meaning, the Lord has given you the responsibility to work towards your own salvation, Improvement.

One who is intelligent, he does not remain connected with the world, He connects himself with the Lord and emancipates his Soul , improves himself. Makes his Soul pure. Action is inert . Poor action does not know whether it is a sinful action or a pious action. What do we call an action that is inert, O educated people action is inert. It does not have any understanding. I can do it, I cannot do it, I am sin pious , so who decides that this is a sinful act or a pious act. How does this decision take place? Saints and Divine Souls say that behind the act, it is the emotion that decides. That decides whether we have performed a pious act or a sin.

How son? In an army a soldier has gone to the front. For war, the more soldiers he kills the more brave he is considered. Isn’t it ? Imagine there is a war with China or Pakistan. The soldier who kills the maximum with his gun is the bravest. Maybe he gets an award for bravery. Some chakra as award etc. it’s a beautiful emotion, fighting for one’s country. What’s the emotion? Fighting for the security of the country. Fighting a war.

Has come home for a month on vacation. Fights with his neighbor. If he kills the neighbor, killing is still far fetched, just gives a slap on the face, the tooth falls, blood oozes , the person goes and files an FIR in the police station. The same soldier, who was considered brave, at both places his act is the same. At War front also violence, to kill, here at home too of violence , to kill. But one act gave an award and the other a punishment. What is the emotion behind the act? This is detrimental.Its time dear ladies and gentlemen, we’ll continue the discussion. Today, kindly allow to end here. Thanks.

Karmyog 2b

Discourses from Most revered Param Pujya Shri Dr. VishwaMitr ji Maharajshri

How to covert action into karmyog ( Action enjoined with Divinity) [ An humble attempt to translate His Divine words in English]

Part 2 b

The Lord has auspiciously started Ch 6. 6th Chapter is called Dhyaanyoga. It is also called Yoga of Self control. Yoga of practice. It’s a beautiful chapter. All are beautiful. But this too is beautiful. Talked about meditation today. Where did He start from. From there where the discussion of karmayoga was going on. Today, we’ll continue our discussion on this.

Paarth- While performing action, giving up the desire for its result, one is not a karmayogi. Today, ladies and gentlemen, let us try to understand a little bit of this. What is this desire of the result? Whatever you do, what is it’s purpose? Only this, such that you get worldly happiness! A child studies, such that after studies he gets work, get married. Happiness because of job , happiness to pass the exam, then happiness after marriage, as if there is just one result, that is called happiness. What kind of happiness?

It’s not the absolute happiness that one gets from Divine company, one that we get from the Lord’s hymns, one that we get from the worship of The Name !

No! the happiness that we are looking at is the one that we get from objects/ materials. This happiness is worldly happiness and it is for a short span of time. This is bonded with unhappiness. Meaning, this happiness has come and after that unhappiness does not return, this is not the law of the Supreme.

It’s a cycle. If there is sorrow then happiness will come, if there is happiness , sorrow will come. This is called mortal pleasure, this is called worldly happiness. Every action has its result, perform an investigation, if you received success, Name is the success.

What do you get? Pleasure. Pleasure of success. You get promoted, you have become more bigger, what did you get pleasure. You had a hotel, you got two, you had a small home, purchased a big one, what happened? Only this that you received pleasure out of it.

You ate, pleasure of the food, but for how long? Morning you had breakfast, you are hungry at noon, this is called mortal happiness. You ate with tummy full, then at night you are again hungry. This tummy never gets filled. It’s always empty, how so many bags of wheat flour, rice, lentils you put. This is not going to get filled. This is called the mortal pleasure.

Every action has a result, The Teacher of Gita Lord Shri Krishna is saying, till the person does not let go of the result, he cannot become a karmyogi.

A student studies. His right is only till the aspect of studying. If you understand the hidden concepts of Gita ji, you’ll become a karmyogi. Peace will come by itself. Today The Lord has said – Peace is the name of performing Action. By performing action we get peace. Renouncing the action does not lead to peace.

Today in 6th Chapter just now you read, a student studies. What percentage of marks he’ll get, it’s not under his control. This is under The Supreme Being’s control. He has kept it with Him. So, later on Lord will say, Paath! You only have the right to perform the action. Not on the result. You just keep doing your work. I have given you the capability to do work. A little of freedom I have provided. Not complete but just a little bit , you just keep doing your work. But what result you’ll get, that’s not in your hands. This I have kept with me alone! Whether I have to pass or fail that child ! Whether he has to come first or with what Division I need to pass him, it’s in my hands. It’s not in the child’s hand.

There is a girl. You are finding a groom for her. So many years have passed. Now parents start getting stressed out. My girl is 25,26,30 yrs old, we cannot find a good groom for her. To find the groom is the task of the parents., but to be able to find one, it’s not in the hands of the parents. The Lord has kept it in His own hands.

When the groom will be found, where he’ll be found, all these things. The Lord has kept with Himself. Your job is to do the work, you have no right on the result. The devotee, who accepts this, meeting-separating, birth-death, all are under the Lord’s control. All is because of His Divine wish. One who accepts this fact son! he becomes eligible to be called a “ karmayogi”

Continued ……

Karmyoga 2a

Discourses from Most revered Param Pujya Shri Dr. VishwaMitr ji Maharajshri

How to covert action into karmyog ( Action enjoined with Divinity) [ An humble attempt to translate His Divine words in English]

Part 2a

You all are so fortunate that your morning starts with Satsang. Your coming here, is not a small thing. It’s like, your attendance in His presence. Imagine the Lord having a diary, a register, like employees do it in the offices, consider that your paycheck for that day is assured ! Similarly like this, the early morning satsang is an attendance in the Lord’s court. The Lord lets your name in His register , in His diary. This is not a small thing. Just because of coming our attendance gets done. After that, everybody is not engrossed in worship. Physically we are sitting there but mind is elsewhere.

The Supreme Being does not ask for time. He wants your mind. Again and again you’ll read in Gita ji,

Paarth! Immerse your mind in Me,

Offer your intellect to Me,

Everywhere you’ll get to read this.

Why doesn’t our mind gets fixated on Him?

O devotees! The Divine company, Ram Naam is so sweet that if the nectar of its sweetness one cannot feel, then what could be the reason for it?

If somebody get the ……. fever, then if you ask an Aryuvedic Doctor, then the child is given the crystallized sugar. When Mother gives him that, the son says Mummy, the sugar is sour. Ma says, Son, sugar is never sour, the taste of your mouth has become bad. Because of your fever, the taste is lost, that’s why you are finding the sugar sour.

What’s the remedy?

Keep eating the crystallized sugar, it will by itself start becoming sweet when the fever comes down. Those people who do not enjoy the satsang, they have on them the fever of desires!

What do the saints and Divine Souls day? What fever do they have? The fever of desire.

Something or the other they want, more want. These are desires. I want this, that, etc etc. This hunger, these wishes do not die off. This is called desire. Whosoever has the fever of desire, they do not enjoy the Divine satsang, Ram Naam does not feel sweet. There is no nectar in it. When he chants Shri Amritvani , many a times he sees here or there. His mind in not in the satsang. Sometimes he remembers hotel , sometimes home, sometimes physical ailments of its issues, etc, etc.

All these things come under the concept of desire. Because of these reasons, the Divine company does not appear sweet, Ram Naam does not taste sweet. People come here for excursion, alright, satsang is taking place, let’s sit there. The Lord does take attendance, but He knows the real truth, way better than us. What is the truth?

I would like to appreciate your good fortune. At least you come, have dedication, reverence , when you leave home you chant Ram Naam, one can see the rosary in your hand. All these things are alright. If mind is not here then tomorrow it’ll be ? Why? The treatment is this only. There is no other treatment. Sitting at home, the treatment will not take place. Sitting in hotel, the treatment will not take place. You will need to come here. In the Divine company, you will need to eat the crystallized sugar. Then the taste of your mouth will change. Not otherwise. So my dear sadhaks I really really really appreciate your good fortune.

Karmayoga 1c

Discourses from Most revered Param Pujya Shri Dr. VishwaMitr ji Maharajshri

How to covert action into karmyog ( Action enjoined with Divinity) [ An humble attempt to translate His Divine words in English]

Part – 1 c

The Lord has addressed Himself as the Supreme friend. What kind of Love it is, One sided love! One sided , not two sided! Son! One sided, only one person loves, only one sided love, that is called one sided love . Lord says, my love is such that I do not expect that you love me too ! I have done something for you and then you give me something in return, thanks, etc etc. I don’t expect anything of this kind. This is kind of person is called Supreme dear One.

In the eyes of the Lord, O my Mothers! we have so many things but in the eyes of the Lord, there is no ill wish for anybody . According to our own thinking, we might take things accordingly, but in the eyes of the Lord, He has never ever done bad for anybody . You may think that He has punished you, or that He has put obstruction in your work, stopped my work, but you are thinking from your own perspective, this is not the Lord’s perspective!

One who is ultimate, the best, our intellect in limited, nothing, His intellect is limitless. He does not see just today’s occurrence, He thinks about your next life too, and does work accordingly. He does work, that is helpful for you. One that is beneficial for you. But you feel uncomfortable. You feel unhappy. But He does not care about it. Doesn’t matter. Right now he is unhappy. Right now he is feeing hopeless. Right now he is sad. But tomorrow he will understand my action, then he will understand that whatever happened with me had the best intention in it , there was pure benefic in it.

We all have had these experiences. But at that time for once God is cursed ! What did I do? In this life, from what I remember, I have never harmed anybody, never troubled anybody . O Lord! Why did you give me unhappiness? It’s as if you are complaining about Him. The amount of abuses the Lord has to listen, I don’t think the works gets to hear that !

Wr complain, abuse Him, say inappropriate things about Him. He listens. He does not say anything to us. No problem. When you will understand, you’ll realize that this was beneficial for me. That’s why I did it. Person then understand the Supreme dear One, whatever May happen, in the eyes of the Lord, nothing is ever done bad for me. Thus, in the eyes of the Lord, there is never injustice, atrocities, folly, or mistake committed.

One who knows this, one who accepts this, it’s us the truth, one just has to know it accept it, one who knows it, he receives Supreme tranquility. Lord has said this in the 29th shloka of the 5 th chapter. One who considers me as the Supreme dear One, The benefic of all, I am the Mother, Lord says, I am the Mother. A mother may be evil, may be wicked fur others, but to do something bad for her own child her hands and heart trembles.

I am the Mother, says the Lord. How can I think of doing something wrong for my own child? Neither I think like that, now I do that !! Neither I say bad too !! No!

We think negative, say negative and act also negative. But the Lord, neither thinks bad for us, nor says bad for us, and never does wrong for us. Whatever is good for us, whatever is beneficial for us, it’s in whatever He does! That’s the one who is said to be the Supreme dear One!

Kindly allow me to end here. We’ll continue tomorrow.

Today, prior to this, in shalokas 26, 27; 27-28, the Lord has set the foundation for the 6th Chapter. Meditation, next chapter Dhyaanyog, what a wonderful Guru He is, What an amazing teacher He is, such that the foundation for the next chapter is made ready.

Whether Arjun asks, or whether I continue, this Ch 6, Dhyaanyog, today, Lord has laid the foundation in 27th, 28th shaloka.

How to do meditation, what is the state of meditation, how to control the senses, how to control the mind, etc, etc . He has mentioned it in those two shalokas. Such that tomorrow we can continue with our discussion.

So kindly permit me to end here. Thanks.

Karmyoga 1b

Discourses from Most revered Param Pujya Dr. VishwaMitr ji Maharajshri

How to covert action into karmyog ( Action enjoined with Divinity)

Part – 1b

You are eating food, how to make it worship? You are preparing food, how to make it worship ? How to make it a Karmyoga ? We’ll discuss about these in coming days .

Lord is not asking today to act, but to do Karmyoga. What will happen because of this? Saints and Divine Souls explain, karma is a seed. Many farmers are sitting here, Landlords are sitting here. The manner in which you prepare the land , then sow the seeds, manure, wait for rain, water it, gets sunlight, the seed sprouts. In the longer run, becomes a huge tree. Gives fruit. You eat that fruit or sell it. Saints and Divine Souls say that , that karma / act is the seed. To understand, karma is the seed, which gets planted in the inner consciousness. Whatever action you do, it’s as if you are planting within yourself. This cannot but help giving consequences. The seed that you planted in the soil is giving fruit then why not this? Whether you do good karmas or bad, if you do not make it a karmyog, if you do not make it a pious act of worship, then both are cause of bondage. If you perform good deeds then it’s a golden handcuff , if bad actions , negative deeds, then handcuffs of iron! Handcuffs are tied in both the cases.

So, the Teacher of Gita ji , Lord Shri Krishna explains, that why unnecessarily indulge in this? Make your actions such that neither it puts a golden handcuff nor the one of iron. The actions may not bring in bind the feet. This trick the Lord explains in Gita ji. That action, if gets boiled, the seed if is made to boil , meaning, that action which is converted into Karmyoga that is, the seed that is made to boil, the seed will look like a seed, but when planted in the soil, will not sprout. The seed which is roasted, when it is planted in the soil, it does not sprout, does not open up.

You have seen the snake charmers, they have the snakes around their necks and roam about. It may be a huge snake, a cobra, but the snake charmer is not afraid of anything. He holds it in his hand and roams freely. Because he knows that he has taken out the poison from it. It will hiss. Let it. But it will not effect anybody. Therefore he is relaxed and takes the snake from one street to another.

Lord says , make your actions likewise. that it is unable to give a consequence or a fruit, that it may not sprout. This karma is called Karmyog. We will continue with this discussion. How to make our actions into worship. How make karmas into Karmyoga. All our problems will get solved, if we learn this trick, that his to make karma into karmayoga. Then we are liberated. We don’t have to wait for liberation that we get after dying. We will attain the Supreme bliss of liberation here itself. Bondage free you will become.

What is bondage, it is karma only, one that is unable to bind, how will it bind then? It is as if a rope , is a rope, but it is burnt in such a manner that it is no longer able to tie. Karmyoga like the rope if you burn, then it’s shake remains the same , the face remains the same but if you want to tie it , it is now unable to do so. You have burned it. The action that you have made a worship that karmayoga is no longer capable of tying. Free from bondage. One bondage is, liberation.

When the one that ties, is no longer able to tie, then you become free from bondage, you become liberated, in this life itself. We will continue dear devotees, this discussion in the coming days. Today’s last Shaloka is very important. In the 29th shaloka, Lord declares –

One who believes that I am your most benefic friend, most well wisher

He declares here that you love your husband, then he is your lover and you his love. Your husband loves you then he is the love and you his lover.

Lord says, I am the lover and you all are my love. Lord declares in 29th shaloka, such beautiful and important declaration

Kindly pay attention to this declaration, believe in it, then that person becomes the recipient of Supreme peace. Who can harm me, when my Lord is there.

Supreme friend, Supreme well wisher, these words the Lord has used for Himself. One who believes that I am the Supreme dear to the heart , what does that mean? Friends are those who wish well for others. I have done something for you then you expect that you will also do the same for me, these are friends. If both are causing harm to each other then they are enemies. If you wish well for others but others harm you, then that is called a rogue.

So what is Supreme dear one?

One who always wishes well

One who only does well

One who only wishes well , and nothing else, nothing He wants in return, this is called the Supreme dear one.

To be continued ..

Karmayoga

Discourses from Most revered Dr. VishwaMitr ji Maharajshri

How to covert action into karmyog ( Action enjoined with Divinity)

Part – 1

Devout Vidur got blessed by the Lord’s Grace. He received the Lord’s Darshan. Lord said – Devotee! Ask for something. He replied – I have received your vision there is nothing else to ask for! This is nothing less than Your Grace.

No, You have to ask for something.

I cannot leave without giving. This is my nature. Ask for something.

Vidur says, O Kinf of Kong’s! I have two ears! These are not enough for me. Kindly bless me with 10,000 ears. Lord smiled and asked – What will you do with 10,000 ears?

He said – I will listen to your glories, and stories. With so many ears I will delve inside, your stories will deep inside , your attributes will enter and I will be blessed! I will straight away go to vaikuntha.

Lord is again smiling and says – even if I give you 10,000 ears, but how can you be so sure that you’ll go straight to vaikuntha? Is it necessary that with 10,000 ears only you’ll be able to hear of my glories, hymns, stories, Ram Naam? Is it necessary that you’ll receive vaikuntha , My abode?

Devotees are devotees only. Their intellect is not comparable to the Lord’s but it’s not less too.

Lords’ Grace ! Says- Lord! I am your son, ain’t I ? Devotee says, I am a part of You. The part will not go the whole, where then it’ll go? The son will not go to his Father’s abode, where else He will go?

The Lord is listening to the devotee’s conversation and is feeling pleased. Again He is smiling. Seeing the Lord happy, he says, I ask for this boon, kindly bless me with the service of Your Lotus feet.

Today’s hymn , as if there is nothing more to beget in life ! The one who has received the Lord’s service, he kicks the emperors , the Rhône of Indra ! It is such a big thing! And believe that the Lord gives to many, but they are unable to take care of it. In no time, because of pride everything gets lost.

What I wish to request to you, leave the other things, Vidur says, give me boon for that ! What does he want? If I go there, then May I receive the service of your Lotus feet.

Lord is happy. So be it! You will get.

Vidur is intelligent. A devotee is. He is innocent from above , but very smart from within. He hold the Lord such, He turns the Lord such , this is the effect of his devotion.

He says – So very easily You said “ So be it “ But there Mother Laxmi is already seated! Who will allow me to sit there, what am I compared to Maa Laxmi? You will also say- She is seated here, serves my Lotus feet, since so many centuries. How can I give you service? You in your innocence just said “ So be it “ to me !

So said – Maharaj ! If Mother Laxmi says I want to serve and then I say, I want to serve, then please kindly do not side with Mother Laxmi! Bless me with this boon.

If one gets the service of Your feet, then what will happen?

With this the 5th Chapter of Karma Sanyaas Yoga ends.

There are 29 verses in this chapter. The chapter starts with Arjuns’s question. Arjuna asks – O Madhav ! Sometimes You praise the Karma and sometimes renunciation. Kindly tell me which path is most benefic?

Dear Sadhaks ! Arjuna is a seeker! He does not keep anything to Himself. He is same inside and outside.

He says – Sometimes in 3rd Chapter, You praised Karmyoga, in 4th too The knowledge Renunciation Karmyoga, You have discussed heavily! And praised extensively too! Sometimes you praise karmayoga, and sometimes you ask to give away the karmas. Whatever is beneficial out of the two, kindly guide me likewise.

Lord hear clarifies . Says – Parth! Both paths are one only. Both are beneficial. People who follow both path attain Moksha. But from giving up karmas, to performing karmas is much better! It’s for all of us. We all are not deserving of Supreme knowledge. It requires extremely sharp intellect , so many kinds of receivers it needs for knowledge, we are not that ! And there is no running away from karmas. Every family person, every seeker needs to perform the action.

Lord in Shri Gita ji is not asking us to perform karma but to perform Karmyoga ! Perform such karmas , so that it becomes a source to connect you with the Supreme Being. Karmyog if through few words, enters our lives, then one need not do many things.

This Karmyoga is such . Perform your such in such a way that it becomes s prayer. It’s just to change the emotion of perspective. So there is a method. How to make our karmas a worship ?

To be continued …