Action in the Supreme Consciousness

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Humble Pranams at the Divine Lotus Feet Of our ever Present Beloved Bhagawan Sri

Sathya Sai Baba!

 

Bhagawan in his discourses has laid the importance of the " Atma Tattwa " rather

than the " Deha Tattwa " .He has laid the significance of the human body as an

instrument to attain Liberation.

The Karma Yoga of the " Holy Gita " the 10th shloka talks about the actions of a

person dedicated his actions in lieu of the Supreme Consciousness.

 

TEXT 10

 

brahmany adhaya karmani

sangam tyaktva karoti yah

lipyate na sa papena

padma-patram ivambhasa

 

SYNONYMS

 

brahmani--the Supreme Personality of Godhead; adhaya--resigning unto;

karmani--all works; sangam--attachment; tyaktva--giving up; karoti--performs;

yah--who; lipyate--is affected; na--never; sah--he; papena--by sin;

padma-patram--lotus leaf; iva--like; ambhasa--in the water.

 

Meaning :

 

One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the

Supreme God, is not affected by sinful action, as the lotus leaf is untouched by

water.

PURPORT

 

Here brahmani means in Krsna consciousness. The material world is a sum total

manifestation of the three modes of material nature, technically called the

pradhana. The Vedic hymns sarvam hy etad brahma, tasmad etad brahma nama-rupam

annam ca jayate, and, in the Bhagavad-gita, mama yonir mahad brahma, indicate

that everything in the material world is the manifestation of Brahman; and,

although the effects are differently manifested, they are nondifferent from the

cause. In the Isopanisad it is said that everything is related to the Supreme

Brahman or Krsna, and thus everything belongs to Him only. One who knows

perfectly well that everything belongs to Krsna, that He is the proprietor of

everything and that, therefore, everything is engaged in the service of the

Lord, naturally has nothing to do with the results of his activities, whether

virtuous or sinful. Even one's material body, being a gift of the Lord for

carrying out a particular type of action, can be engaged in Krsna consciousness.

It is beyond contamination by sinful reactions, exactly as the lotus leaf,

though remaining in the water, is not wet. The Lord also says in the Gita: mayi

sarvani karmani sannyasya: " Resign all works unto Me [Krsna]. " The conclusion is

that a person without Krsna consciousness acts according to the concept of the

material body and senses, but a person in Krsna consciousness acts according to

the knowledge that the body is the property of Krsna and should therefore be

engaged in the service of Krsna.

 

Jai Sai Ram!