Bhagavad Gita 31

[Guest guest]

ananyAS cintayanto mAm ye janAh paryupAsate |

teshAm nityAbhiyuktAnAm yogakshemam vahAmy aham ||

(9.22) 31

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I provide security and maintain the welfare of those people who,

ever intent, worship Me without thinking of any other.

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note:

A visitor asked: Sri Bhagavan said last night that God is guiding us. Then why

should we make an effort to do anything?

M. : Who asks you to do so? If there was that faith in the guidance of God this

question would not have arisen.

D. : The fact is that God guides us. Then what is the use of these instructions to people?

M. : They are for those who seek instructions. If you are firm in your belief

in the guidance of God, stick to it, and do not concern yourself with what

happens around you. Furthermore, there may be happiness or misery. Be equally

indifferent to both and abide in the faith of God. That will be so only when

one's faith is strong that God looks after all of us.

Mr. Chopra asked : 'How shall I secure that firm faith?'

M. : Exactly. It is for such as these who want instructions. There are persons

who seek freedom from misery. They are told that God guides all and so there

need not be any concern about what happens. If they are of the best type they

at once believe it and firmly abide by faith in God.

But there are others who are not so easily convinced of the truth of the bare

statement. They ask: 'Who is God? What is His nature? Where is He? How can He

be realised?' and so on. In order to satisfy them intellectual discussion is

found necessary. Statements are made, their pros and cons are argued, and the

truth is thus made clear to the intellect.

When the matter is understood intellectually the earnest seeker begins to apply

it practically. He argues at every moment, 'For whom are these thoughts? Who am

I?' and so forth, until he is well-established in the conviction that a Higher

Power guides us. That is firmness of faith. Then all his doubts are cleared and

he needs no further instructions. (Talks; 596)