Or Am I Yet To Know...
The previous day, I and my roomies happened to engage into a discussion concerning ‘Destiny’ and ‘Karma’. According to them, it is destiny always; like it has been already written for us. What we are going to get or face is bound to happen and no matter what, we cannot change our destiny! On the other side, I was the proponent of Karmayoga – the science of doership. I am not a pedagogue of ethics, but just a staunch follower of Lord Krishna’s preachings. The Bhagwad Gita discourses us to do our duties without expecting the fruit of actions. It is by our Karma that we pave a path for the future. Now, I also believe in destiny. But going by the Gita principle, we must do our actions first and then we get the fruit of the actions, which I suppose people call destiny. Isn’t this true? As I dig deeper, the beliefs regarding Karma and Destiny appear to me as if intertwined in concentric illusionary circles. I know some things are unavoidable to be attributed to ill fate or destiny. Does this mean absence of Karmayoga there? I do not want to go into Karma of previous birth as I do not know if I believe in that. Nonetheless, we should not stop working towards Karma – the act of performing one’s duties; it can decide a better destiny. Hmm, what is your verdict on that? I know some people would prefer to remain oblivious to it.
Cheerios
posted by Sujoo @ 1:40 PM
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6 Comments:
My thoughts on Karma are here. (http://udtrivedi.blogspot.com/2006/04/science-of-karma.html). Although it's not written by me, I and author are best friends and share same point of view in this and many other spiritual matters.
@Rahul: Exactly. Its not inaction but action that leads us further.
@Nishit: Yeah. Read this one. Gave some more insights.
u wanna blame someone else... use destiny
u wanna blame yourself... use karma
i like enjoy life's perspective. nonetheless, i'd fall int he last category.. the one oblivious to it all... have had so many forced discussions on this subject with a certain someone (http://zoxcleb.blogspot.com/2006/04/devnull.html)
that its driven me nuts already!!
Karma yoga is merely one of the paths to salvation (even if you did want to stick to scriptures), for example Gita also advocates another path which is bhakti yoga, does that mean they both are contradictory. how can a person be immersed in bhakti forgetting his duties and still attain salvation? wouldnt he be failing to be a karma yogi? I don't to delve here as to how hinduism looks at destiny, but I am confident that an independent philosophy could be built only on the lines of destiny (or in most probability, it already exists). and I believe realisation of the self irrespective of the philosphy is the key to "salvation".
You may want to read about the concept of Parabdh in Gita. The philosophy of karma is not complete until unless you consider parabdh also.
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