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Religion is predicated on Belief. \u00a0Dharma is predicated on Search.<\/p>\nReligion is predicated on Belief. \u00a0Dharma is predicated on Search.<\/p>\n
Former assumes and takes a stance. \u00a0One that has to be defended, come hell or high water. \u00a0And they come. \u00a0The higher the water, the deeper the hell, the more tenacious is the defense of Belief. \u00a0An Arbitrary belief \u2013 never experienced, never lived.<\/p>\n
Search doesn\u2019t look for arbitrary sign posts. \u00a0It seeks the finale. \u00a0Either you get there or you are moving. \u00a0There is no make-believe ends to this journey.<\/p>\n
Morals are the only way a believer can have a semblance of being a human. \u00a0They are as much of a make-believe as the rest of the Believer\u2019s mindset. \u00a0Just as he has rested in a place and made that sign-post the grand finale of his spiritual life, morals somehow help him feel better at the \u201cgoodness\u201d of his stationary and fruitless existence. \u00a0The Believer is not moving. \u00a0He is sitting on the signpost. \u00a0But he has to keep himself busy in a way that he feels he is moving. \u00a0In his stationary existence, moralistic gradation provides ample excitement. \u00a0He is moving up. \u00a0Nay, down. \u00a0He is elated at his moving up the ramp, despairs moving down the ramp. \u00a0All in the bogie of his stationary train. \u00a0The train isn\u2019t moving, but he is. \u00a0And that is enough.<\/p>\n
The one who wants to move, this ramp-play has no meaning. \u00a0To one who has become awakened, doesn\u2019t need to be told to love his neighbor. \u00a0He simply does.<\/p>\n
When Angulimaal \u2013 the dacoit who killed by hundreds and wore garlands of his victims\u2019 fingers (Angulis \u2013 so the name) \u2013 approached Buddha, the Enlightened One didn\u2019t give him a lesson in morals. \u00a0\u201cWhy he shouldn\u2019t kill\u2026 why killing may take him to hell.. et al\u201d. \u00a0He raised his consciousness. \u00a0Angulimaal was never the same again.<\/p>\n
When a dacoit approached some Sages, they didn\u2019t give him a bucket full of morals. \u00a0They gave him a mantra and made him Valmiki. \u00a0One of the Greatest Enlightened Beings to have walked the planet.<\/p>\n
Morals are for Believers. \u00a0Those who like to live in a fantasy world of stationary trains and playing on ramps. \u00a0Spiritual Awakening is what the Seeker is looking for. \u00a0That\u2019s what Dharma is for.<\/p>\n
Krishna\u2019s main goal in his life was to establish the primacy of living as per Dharma. \u00a0He wasn\u2019t about belief nor was he about Morals. \u00a0Establishing Dharma is not to establish another belief system. \u00a0It is to establish the primacy of Humility in a person who wants to Search, Seek and Experience. \u00a0It is the journey from a dacoit to Valmiki. \u00a0It is not easy to establish. \u00a0But Krishna was no ordinary being. \u00a0Rarely has such a being walked this planet.<\/p>\n
Often well meaning Hindus \u2013 professed Dharmic people (albeit without Spiritual foundation) \u2013 declare how Bhagwad Gita (Song of the God \u2013 Krishna) teaches one \u201cgood morals\u201d and primarily about \u201chow to do good\u201d.<\/p>\n
And nothing\u2026 nothing.. could be farther from Truth. \u00a0The central precept of Bhagwad Gita argues the exact<\/strong><\/span> opposite!<\/p>\n When one says \u201cI want to do Good\u201d, he is primarily announcing \u201cI want to do an Action which will yield a Good<\/em> Result\u201d.<\/p>\n Good, please notice, is not<\/strong><\/span> an adjective of the Action, but of the Result.<\/p>\n So, when one says \u201cI want to do Good\u201d, one is declaring his obsession with the Result. \u00a0Otherwise, how will this \u201cDo Gooder\u201d ever be aligned to the \u201cGood Result\u201d? \u00a0Every action of his is calibrated. \u00a0Carefully calibrated to get to a certain result.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, no matter what you do, how much you plan, you can never ever<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0fully predict a result. \u00a0NEVER.<\/p>\n So, how does this \u201cDo Gooder\u201d redeem himself? \u00a0By using his arbitrary benchmarks called Morals. \u00a0He already has a great \u201cramp in the bogie\u201d. \u00a0He has documented the mechanics of it. \u00a0Now, all he has to do is declare \u00a0its Universalism. \u00a0Whether his mechanics works outside of his bogie or not, in another time or not \u2013 is not his concern. \u00a0At least within his bogie and other bogies he can get access to, he will ensure his mechanics are considered true.<\/p>\n That is a Life of a Neurotic. \u00a0Just like those who consult an astrologer for every minute of their life. \u00a0What should they eat. \u00a0When should they leave house, enter the house, sleep, wash.. etc. \u00a0They are also calibrating their lives. \u00a0So is \u201cDo Gooder\u201d. \u00a0But unlike the Astrology-crazy Neurotic, Do Gooder has a better \u2013 Holier than Thou \u2013 scale. \u00a0Yes, Morals.<\/p>\n But Krishna saw through this game and deception very clearly. \u00a0So, he declared emphatically \u2013 Your control is only on your action. \u00a0Not on the result of your action. \u00a0So, do not attach yourself to the results.<\/em><\/p>\n If that action meant leaving Mathura to go to Dwarka en masse<\/em>, to escape Jarasandha, then so be it. \u00a0If that action meant Arjun fighting Drona (his Guru), then so be it. \u00a0However the situation presented, Krishna did and mentored others to do what was required, as opposed to what, as per some arbitrary scale \u2013 would yield a certain result.<\/p>\n A \u201cDo Gooder\u201d is always attached to his result. \u00a0A Dharmic person doesn\u2019t care about the predetermined scales. \u00a0For these scales don\u2019t work in a world which is moving. \u00a0Unlike the \u201cDo Gooder\u201d, Dharmic Seeker is Living<\/strong>.<\/p>\n For, only that Flows Lives. \u00a0That which has stalled or paused or extinguished is dragging death. \u00a0Gita teaches you to do what is required, not what some scale says may \u201cbe good\u201d.<\/p>\n =======================<\/p>\n (Lyrics by Gulzar for the 1969 movie \u201cKhamoshi\u201d)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Religion is predicated on Belief. \u00a0Dharma is predicated on Search. Former assumes and takes a stance. \u00a0One that has to be defended, come hell or high water. \u00a0And they come. \u00a0The higher the water, the deeper the hell, the more tenacious is the defense of Belief. \u00a0An Arbitrary belief \u2013 never experienced, never lived. Search […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1517,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[350,525,526,1469,1600,1933,2070],"class_list":["post-16683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spirituality","tag-arjun","tag-bhagwad_geeta","tag-bhagwad-gita","tag-gulzar","tag-humne-deki-hai-in-ankhon","tag-khamoshi","tag-lord_krishna"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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\n<\/span><\/div>\n\u0928 \u092f\u0939 \u092d\u0941\u091d\u094d\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n\u0928 \u0930\u0941\u0915\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n\u0928 \u0920\u0939\u0930\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0915\u0939\u0940\u0902\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/span><\/div>\n\u0928\u0942\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u092c\u0942\u0901\u0926 \u0939\u0948 \u0938\u0926\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u092c\u0939\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0940\u00a0\u0939\u0948\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nLove is not a word<\/div>\nNor is it a sound.<\/div>\nIt is a silence<\/div>\nWhich listens and speaks out.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNever does it extinguish<\/div>\nNever does it stall<\/div>\nNever does it pause.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDrop of Divinity it is, it keeps Flowing.<\/div>\n