•  Action is Thy Duty, Reward is Not Thy Concern The whole truth of life is contained controlling action. We are independent repaying this debt. He must therefore in the inmortal words of the Gita : only in the case of action. If that is so utilize all his
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   powers and capacities of Action is thy duty, reward is not thy why not krep ourselves confined to action body, mind and spirit in order to become concern, These are the very words issuing only : Reaction is the natural corollary of a realized or liberated soul. LUntil that is from the mouth of Lord Himself. Perhaps action or it may be said that it is if one descends this truth into one's heart determined by God or Nature, by rebirth will neveT come to an end. and soul and acts upon it, one will be able whafever name we call this force. Much to realize the objectives for which one of our energy is frittered away in our Came upon this earth. The message con- thinking over the fruits of the action. We tained in these words is the crux of all scriptures. Act according to this message channels only by keeping ourselves body of truth wihich the scriptures of all and have all the problems of life solved. confined to action. Action is the domain religions have striven to revenl. One can Those who have acted upon this message which we should not go beyond. have ceased to have worries, sorrows and done, the cycle of birth and death and 47: or, 'action is thy duty, reuard can save and canalize it into fruitful is not thy concern' contains the whole indeed make one's life fruitful and As soon as our embryo was planted meaningful by acting according to the in our mother's womb, the process of message contained in this principle. Let pur duty started. The mother gave his principle be the basis of all our sufferings. Our duty is only action. If we take care of action, reward will take care of nourislment to it md converted it into a cendeavour, both individual and social. itself or the Lord will take care of the full-grown baby. With the coming of the This is surely the only path which can reward. Our gaze should be fixed on tse baby into this world, the process of free us from the bondage of desires and contribution of the mother and others to its growth takes on new dimensions, From birth till deatih continues this lead us to eternal salvation. The modern man is subject to action not on tlhe reward. Reward is the concern of thhe Lord. We have no control over it. However, it does not mean thaf Darious stresses and tensions which are process unabated. An individual is thus zwe should not ihave any aims or goals. incurring debt of others throughout his responsible for many heart failures and For action to issue forth from us, con- life. When the child is born, the midwife untimely deaths. It is owing to the fact sciousness of the aim, for the realization of rwhich we are working, is essential hent. The infant incurs the debt of the since this consciousness is the motivating midwife. It sucks milk from its mother's power behind any action. All we have to that we kanker after the fruit and when the expectations are not fulfilled, tensions invade us. The remedy is not to entertain any expectation. The tension is directly takes care to keep it away from cold and breast to sustain its life; this milk is do is not to feel attached to the reward. produced by the nourisking food which proportional to the degree of expectation. Kill the expectation and the tension the mother takes, but which is supplied to Developnent of a detached view to the her by others. The child is indebted to ufomatically evaporates. We must make the best use of all our powers, physical, reward will lead to our liberation. It is these 'others" for its primary needs. It needs clothes, the cloth is supplied by the attachment or Aasakti to things, which is the roof cause of all our sorrows, of all our sufferings. Once this attach- ment is broken, all misery goes, for it is intellectual and spiritual in the amother section of society; it is tailored by performance of our duties which are enjoined upon us by the truth of social the tailors, still another section of society. life Our concern is limited to this area It lives in the security of home or house alone, not beyond that, not certainly to zehich is built by yet another section of the aron of fruit or reward for what we do. detachment alone which ends the desire. Gautam the Buddha also emphasized the socicty. As the child grozws and becomes same fact. His four truths are relevant in infant, adolescent, young and finally old. the returns are not coming-hell to this context: (1) Existence is suffering, it has thousands of needs which are met them; they will not botiher us since we (ii) suffering is born of desire and desire by different sections of people. Thus, from don't bother about them. This state of the cradle to the grave the individual mind will deliver us fronn so many tensions and stresses and we can enjoy unfulfilled leads to rebirth, (ii) when receizes multifarious types of service to cessation of suffering, (iv) cessation of fromi other individuals of the society and pence of mind which is our ultimate goal. That may make the way clear for our desire ceases rebirtih ceases and this leads incurs their debt. He is thus deeply in debted to the society. This debt he can repay only by doing his duty to the The above philosophy has a scientifie society, to his parents, relatives, teachers aspect also. Sir İssac Newton periaps and others. An individual is what he is desire is attained by purity in deed, word and thought. liberation and ultimately salvation. Thus detachment or Anasakti is the very elixir which can sustain us; it provides the moral therapy to our diseased mind revcaled this philosophy in his famous because of the environment surrounding contaninnated by desires. We kave but to action and reaction theory. Action is always followed by reaction. In other him. Thus, every tissue of the individual is in-debted to others. Realization or words, we cam control reaction only by liberation can cote to hinm only by remenber : Action is thy duty, reward is not thy concern.

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•  Action is Thy Duty, Reward is Not Thy Concern The whole truth of life is contained controlling action. We are independent repaying this debt. He must therefore in the inmortal words of the Gita : only in the case of action. If that is so utilize all his
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   powers and capacities of Action is thy duty, reward is not thy why not krep ourselves confined to action body, mind and spirit in order to become concern, These are the very words issuing only : Reaction is the natural corollary of a realized or liberated soul. LUntil that is from the mouth of Lord Himself. Perhaps action or it may be said that it is if one descends this truth into one's heart determined by God or Nature, by rebirth will neveT come to an end. and soul and acts upon it, one will be able whafever name we call this force. Much to realize the objectives for which one of our energy is frittered away in our Came upon this earth. The message con- thinking over the fruits of the action. We tained in these words is the crux of all scriptures. Act according to this message channels only by keeping ourselves body of truth wihich the scriptures of all and have all the problems of life solved. confined to action. Action is the domain religions have striven to revenl. One can Those who have acted upon this message which we should not go beyond. have ceased to have worries, sorrows and done, the cycle of birth and death and 47: or, 'action is thy duty, reuard can save and canalize it into fruitful is not thy concern' contains the whole indeed make one's life fruitful and As soon as our embryo was planted meaningful by acting according to the in our mother's womb, the process of message contained in this principle. Let pur duty started. The mother gave his principle be the basis of all our sufferings. Our duty is only action. If we take care of action, reward will take care of nourislment to it md converted it into a cendeavour, both individual and social. itself or the Lord will take care of the full-grown baby. With the coming of the This is surely the only path which can reward. Our gaze should be fixed on tse baby into this world, the process of free us from the bondage of desires and contribution of the mother and others to its growth takes on new dimensions, From birth till deatih continues this lead us to eternal salvation. The modern man is subject to action not on tlhe reward. Reward is the concern of thhe Lord. We have no control over it. However, it does not mean thaf Darious stresses and tensions which are process unabated. An individual is thus zwe should not ihave any aims or goals. incurring debt of others throughout his responsible for many heart failures and For action to issue forth from us, con- life. When the child is born, the midwife untimely deaths. It is owing to the fact sciousness of the aim, for the realization of rwhich we are working, is essential hent. The infant incurs the debt of the since this consciousness is the motivating midwife. It sucks milk from its mother's power behind any action. All we have to that we kanker after the fruit and when the expectations are not fulfilled, tensions invade us. The remedy is not to entertain any expectation. The tension is directly takes care to keep it away from cold and breast to sustain its life; this milk is do is not to feel attached to the reward. produced by the nourisking food which proportional to the degree of expectation. Kill the expectation and the tension the mother takes, but which is supplied to Developnent of a detached view to the her by others. The child is indebted to ufomatically evaporates. We must make the best use of all our powers, physical, reward will lead to our liberation. It is these 'others" for its primary needs. It needs clothes, the cloth is supplied by the attachment or Aasakti to things, which is the roof cause of all our sorrows, of all our sufferings. Once this attach- ment is broken, all misery goes, for it is intellectual and spiritual in the amother section of society; it is tailored by performance of our duties which are enjoined upon us by the truth of social the tailors, still another section of society. life Our concern is limited to this area It lives in the security of home or house alone, not beyond that, not certainly to zehich is built by yet another section of the aron of fruit or reward for what we do. detachment alone which ends the desire. Gautam the Buddha also emphasized the socicty. As the child grozws and becomes same fact. His four truths are relevant in infant, adolescent, young and finally old. the returns are not coming-hell to this context: (1) Existence is suffering, it has thousands of needs which are met them; they will not botiher us since we (ii) suffering is born of desire and desire by different sections of people. Thus, from don't bother about them. This state of the cradle to the grave the individual mind will deliver us fronn so many tensions and stresses and we can enjoy unfulfilled leads to rebirth, (ii) when receizes multifarious types of service to cessation of suffering, (iv) cessation of fromi other individuals of the society and pence of mind which is our ultimate goal. That may make the way clear for our desire ceases rebirtih ceases and this leads incurs their debt. He is thus deeply in debted to the society. This debt he can repay only by doing his duty to the The above philosophy has a scientifie society, to his parents, relatives, teachers aspect also. Sir İssac Newton periaps and others. An individual is what he is desire is attained by purity in deed, word and thought. liberation and ultimately salvation. Thus detachment or Anasakti is the very elixir which can sustain us; it provides the moral therapy to our diseased mind revcaled this philosophy in his famous because of the environment surrounding contaninnated by desires. We kave but to action and reaction theory. Action is always followed by reaction. In other him. Thus, every tissue of the individual is in-debted to others. Realization or words, we cam control reaction only by liberation can cote to hinm only by remenber : Action is thy duty, reward is not thy concern.