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Krishna emphasized how all beings in the world remain constantly active, being firmly under the grip of Nature. Thus, to pursuesaankhya vidya and to be a Knower does not mean to be idle or to shun activity on that score. On the other hand, the Knower pursues his activity, like everybody else, often to a greater degree, but with enlightenment, dis-identification and the additional benevolent note of loka-sangraha. *** Karma, instead of posing any contradiction or hindrance, verily becomes a harmonious complement to spiritual wisdom, and vice versa. The refinements and sublimation that Knowledge brings about are so closely linked to efficient action that the entire active life can be used as a jnaana-based pursuit for the purification of the personality. *** Krishna describes the true effect of yoga as renunciation. The whole object of yoga-sadhana is to take away all results in the way of good and bad, virtue and vice, heaven and hell. In fact, all dvandvas stand abandoned or transcended by dint of yoga outlook. *** Yoga-attitude or spiritual wisdom will completely eliminate all the `dual' consequences of whatever one does.Abandonment is not of the actions themselves, but only of the dual effects they produce on our mind. *** Saadhana means consistent effort, practice and pursuit. Consistency means being given to the task assiduously again and again. Thus repetition cannot be avoided. *** |
