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Articles: Devotion | Karma Yoga
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Do not stop doing service when you have become Yogi. the spirit of service must enter every nerve, cell, tissue and bone of your body. It must be ingrained in you. Then only you will become a real fullblown practical Vedantian.
Just as the tongue is not affected by taking ghee, so also you should remain unaffected even amidst worldly activities and troubles. You must keep up the Nirlipta state. This is Jnana. This is balance ( Samata). You may fail to keep the balance and Nirlipta state in thousand and one times. But in the long run you are bound to succeed if you persist in your practice and if you discipline the mind properly.
A karma yogin should not expect even a return of love, appreciation, gratitude and admiration from the people whom he is serving. Only he who has reduced his wants and controlled the Indriyas can do Karma Yoga. Another qualification is that you must be balanced in success or failure, gain or loss, victory or defeat. You must be free from Raga and Devesha.
Karma means work or action. According to Jaimini, rituals like Agnihotra, Yajnas etc., are termed as Karmas. There is hidden power in karma termed Adrishta which brings in fruits of karmas for the individuals. Karma is all for jaimini. Karma is everything for a student of Mimamsa school of thought. Jaimini is the founder of Poorva Mimamsa. He was a student of Maharshi Vyasa, the founder of Uttara Mimamsa or Vedanta. The Mimamsa school of thought denies the existence of Ishvara who awards the fruits of works. According to Gita, any action is karma. Charity, sacrifice, Tapas are all karamas. In a philosophical sense , brathing , seeing, hearing, tasting, feeling, smelling, walking, talking etc., are all Karmas. Thinking is the real karma. Raga-Dvesha constitute the real karma.
Have right thinking. Use your reason and common-sense. Follow the injunctions of the Sastras. Consult the code of Manu or Yajnavaljya Smriti whenever you have doubts. You will be able to findout whether you are doing right or wrong action. Or else strictly follow the words of a Guru on whom you have absolute faith and confidence. The third way is have fear in God. Consult your conscience. The shrill, inner voice will guide you. As soon as you hear the voice, do not delay even a moment. Start the action diligently without consulting anybody. Practice to hear the inner voice in the morning at 4a.m. If there is fear, shame, doubt or pricking of conscience, know that you are doing a wrong action. If there is joy, exhilaration or satisfaction, understand that you doing right action.
When the diverse, confining sheaths of the Atma have been dissolved by Sadhana, when the different Virttis of the mind have been controlled by the mental drill or gymnastic, when the conscious mind is not active, you enter the realm of spirit life, the superconscious mind where Buddhi and pure reason and intution, the faculty of direct cognition of truth manifest. You pass into thekingdom of Peace where there is none to speak, you will hear the voice of God which is very clear and pure and has an upward tendency. Listen to the voice with attention and interest. It will guide you. It is the voice of God.
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Excerpts from sri Swami Shivananda Ji..
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