Constitutional
position
Great sage Mārkandeya
arrived & Lord Krsna, Pāndavās & all brāhmanās got up from their seats
to receive him. The illustrious sage even though was 1000’s of years old,
appeared like a young man. As the sage was seated, Krsna requested him to
narrate him some ancient histories to instill moral sense in listeners
Yudhisthira said: I’m
perplexed about how wicked sons of Dhritrāshtra are prospering & we’re
suffering even though we act righteously. Pls explain what part God plays in
man’s happiness & distress, for it seems to me that they are simply fruits
of one’s endeavors. I would like to understand the concept of Karma. Are reactions
to our work enjoyed in this life or life thereafter? If reactions are meted out
in future life, how could there ever be cessation to the cycle of action &
reaction and its resultant birth & death?
The sage replied:
Your questions are most praiseworthy & I’ll answer them to the best of my
ability. In beginning of creation, Lord Brahmā made bodies of human beings pure
& sinless & thus they were on par with demigods. These humans had all
their desired automatically fulfilled, were able to fly in sky & were free
from demoniac qualities of lust & envy. They lived for thousands of years
& had powers to die at their own will. As there was little suffering, fear
was practically unknown & all lived peacefully and happily
Gradually, in course
of time, humans became overcome by lust & greed & so began to depend
upon cheating for livelihood. Men lost ability to traverse the airways & so
had to walk on surface of earth. Because of their sinful acts, they were forced
to go to hell & suffer. In this way they came to reap the results of their
actions
At the time of
death, only gross body of the living entity is destroyed. The actions one
performs are recorded in the subtle mind. After death when subtle body carries
one to next body, his fruitive acts follow him just like shadow & then
fructify in the next life. However, by practice of Yoga & devotion to the
Supreme Lord, results of one’s fruitive activities can be destroyed
In this way one can
become peaceful in mind & freed from all diseases, fear & other
material miseries. Indeed, those who’re spiritually advanced by mature practice
of Bhakti-Yoga can always envision the relationship between the individual soul
& the Supreme Soul in any condition of life, even while encased in the mother’s
womb
We all need to
understand the science of soul & thereby of self-realization. If we don’t
know who we really are & what are its real attributes, then we will be
always illusioned and would suffer in this material world. The eternal
attributes of Soul is Sat (eternity), Cit (knowledge) & Ananda (Bliss)
being part & parcel of Super Soul
We should
understand what is our material & spiritual life. Spiritual life means
sac-cid-ānanda Sat means eternal, cit means full of knowledge, and bliss means
full of jubilation, ānanda, pleasure. This is our constitution. This is God's
constitution
Alas in not knowing
this we suffer in this material world
Thoughts?
#gameoflife
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