Hindu Wisdom: Freed From the Bondage of Karma

[Guest guest]

Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart--a leaf, a

flower, fruit, or water--I partake of that love offering. Whatever

you do, make it an offering to me--the food you eat, the sacrifices

you make, the help you give, even your suffering. In this way you

will be freed from the bondage of karma, and from its results both

pleasant and painful. Then, firm in renunciation and yoga, with

your heart free, you will come to me.

 

-Bhagavad Gita 9:26-28

Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita, translated by Eknath Easwaran,

copyright 1985.

 

 

"om namaha Sivaya"

"hare krsna"

 

Shad

[Guest guest]

Good reminder, Shad!

The 'detachment' is sometimes mistaken by cynics as denial of

responsibility. In practice though it is very difficult to do,

particularly for people who work passionately (by their nature).

There is also some modern and not so modern saints (I think Maharshi

Yogi has stated that) and awatars (Gautama)who have indictated that

the purpose of human life is to experience contentment, to be happy,

to remove dukhha. Again, that gets misinterpreted mostly in new age

hedonistic style of thinking. Karma, therefore, does not seem to be

the cross that many want to make it out to be, particularly more so

recently.

 

Can the offering be made to oneself, for God is always within each of

us? Perhaps that is why the recommendation to give gemstones in daan

or in charity got converted in recent decades to wearing gemstones to

nullify our own past karmas.

 

RR

 

 

 

, "Shad" <waterpowers>

wrote:

>

>

> Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart--a leaf, a

> flower, fruit, or water--I partake of that love offering. Whatever

> you do, make it an offering to me--the food you eat, the sacrifices

> you make, the help you give, even your suffering. In this way you

> will be freed from the bondage of karma, and from its results both

> pleasant and painful. Then, firm in renunciation and yoga, with

> your heart free, you will come to me.

>

> -Bhagavad Gita 9:26-28

> Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita, translated by Eknath Easwaran,

> copyright 1985.

>

>

> "om namaha Sivaya"

> "hare krsna"

>

> Shad