|
by : Swami Ram
Swarupji
| USE OF HUMAN BODY
AND DEEDS |
The human body is
a medium for discharging the duties and doing the auspicious deeds
according to the way advised in the holy books. For example Mantra
2nd of Chapter forty of Yajur Veda recites that while discharging
the duties and doing the auspicious deed like Yoga/Yajna, family
duties etc. you will find the stage where no result of any deed
done by you will have to be beared by you. and in the absence of
doing the auspicious deeds, there is no any other way to escape
you from bearing the result of the deeds.
In view of the
above, we see that the theory of deeds is typical, deep and vast
to understand. Because when we are advanced in one way, suppose in
matterlism (worldly affairs) like progress in Science, High
education getting degrees etc.. maintain our living standard, go
ahead in Agriculture and only try to gather articles/money to make
use in our daily routine one sided, on the other side we do not
find its good result to obtain any peace, righteous way to
worship, increasing international brotherhood, respect of humanity
and to here religious qualities.
This is one-sided progress in
matterlism only. Again with regards to spiritualism so many saints
are trying to produce themselves superior by saying that the
family, science, agriculture, money matter and world etc all is
destructive and they mostly preach to leave the world for doing
worship. This is the second side in comparison of above one side.
This one sided worship is also seen with lack of the above quoted
good qualities like peace and international brotherhood etc. we
see that both the above one side progress is mostly against the
holy books specially against the theory of Vedas.
Because in the
above quoted Mantra No 2 of Chapter forty, in fact, it is preached
that O Aspirant, do progress in both the sides together. And we
see Lord KRISHNA, Shri RAMA, SITA, King DASHRATA, JANAKA and other
several others who adopted the both sides. So the theory of deeds
(Karma's) is deep. It will also be briefed later on because some
sutras of Yoga Darshana also throw the light on the deeds and
therefore brief description will be done there. Here however, try
to understand two main type of deeds (Karmas) to come on Yoga
theory. These two deeds are as follows :-
(a) Natural
deeds- To eat, sleep smile laugh, to weep, to pass the urine and
stool etc.
Note: For these
type of deeds neither a teacher is employed nor an institution is
required to understand or do the same. These are equally to do by
human being and animal/birds also.
(b) Instigated
Deeds: - To study, progress in Science, Technology, Trust in God,
Auspicious deeds, Yajna, Worship, Yoga Education including
meditation etc.
Note: These
auspicious type of deeds cannot be done by animals/birds etc.
These are only meant for human beings.
So we are
separated from the categories of animal/birds etc, when we
are faithful to do auspicious type of deeds
mentioned at [b] above. In whole of the holy books in the
world, we learn to pray or worship God to
bless us to teach only instigated deed. For example see Sama Veda
Mantra No 259 :
"O lord give
us the knowledge to enable us to
understand the instigated and auspicious deeds. O
worshipful God, guide us to the righteousness or teach us
the yoga so that we may be able in our present life to attain
Divine light".
To guide such inspiring deeds, a perfect spiritual
master who has the experienced knowledge through the power
of yoga Tapasya/study etc. is required. Here it will be not out
of mention that this knowledge should start right from the
beginning of the earth. From the above it is concluded that
when the question of instigated or inspiring deed arises, we
see that several different types of instigated deeds concerning
the auspicious deeds and worship are mentioned in four Vedas
and in other several holy books but our ancient
rishis and the wisers of present time declared the Yoga
property as one of the best amongst them, to realize
the Almighty God and to overcome the sorrow
/tension/sufferings/ills/evils/death.
They declared that the Yoga
power enable man-kinds to get long happy life. Here it is
also authentically stressed that Yoga Education is meant for
everybody. Because everybody wants a happy long life and it is a
mentality of mankind not to ask for sorrows, pain etc. So to say
that the Yoga is difficult and it is not meant for married
personnel is against the Vedas and totally against the path of
Lord Krishna, Shri Rama, King Dasharath, Janka, Sita, Madalsa and
several ancient Rishis, Munis and public who remained in family
married life and adopted Yoga Education/study of Vedas and
attained the final liberation stage, the motto of human beings.
So
now a days it is against the holy books and preach to escape from
auspicious deeds/duties misleading ourselves by merely
saying that we are doing worship only and no duty is entrusted to
us. In this connection, on the theory of deeds(Karamas). I would
like to narrate an interesting story for your consideration.
Once a King was
wandering in jungle in search of hunting. Suddenly he saw a fox
playing cheerfully with her children in a deep pit. The King
thought himself that it is difficult to come out of the pit.
Therefore, the fox could have fell in the pit when she was a
pregnant. Otherwise, from where her children came in the pit. He
(King) also thought, "By which source the food has been
providing therein"?
Because her children were seemed to be
with her for along time, as if she would have fallen recently the
children would have wounded. If they were for the last so many
days then she could not seemed in a fresh and cheerful
stage. Now he questioned to himself, "from where the food
arrange for them"?
When the king was busy in his problem
suddenly he heard a roar of lion, the king of jungle. He (king)
saws that the lion playing and throwing up a dead body of a deer
when coming towards the pit. To see the scene continuously, he
hided himself with his horse behind a large tree. He saw
that when the lion in a joy full mood threw the dead body of deer
towards the sky, it suddenly fell into the pit. Again he saw that
the fox is taking her meal happily and she too was satisfied to
have the meal sufficient for the coming days. A thought generated
in the mind of the king that what God's amusement?
The God is great.
He provides food etc. To the helpless, sick and handicape and
everybody without doing job. So, why he is worried for the
un-necessary load of kingdom and why he wastes the time to
discharge the duties for the family/public. When god provides meal
etc . without doing any job so I should also sit here idle and do
worship only. The power who is looking after the family of fox,
certainly will also look after me, and will also provide
everything here in the jungle without doing job.
So he made up his
mind for the sitting idle and remembering the name of God. But
see, that a hungry man is not able to continue his workship for a
long time. Therefore, the hungry king started looking here and
there if the arrangement of his food has been arranged by
God and if somebody is coming with several type of finest food in
golden pot. But all in vain. Nobody came there with the food and
became night.
The king becoming hopeless and fell on the ground.
He awaked in the next morning when he sew the rays of light coming
towards the earth from the sun. The king got bath and again sat on
a place (asan) and started remembering the name of God with the
intention that he will send the food for him now. The time was
labouring on and it is now evening. Now with the trouble of
hunger, he could not remain stable. He then started taunting God
by saying, "O God am I so inferior to fox that you have not
taken care of me ?" see, that I left my kingdom and every
thing but you have not even provided me with a food.
Meanwhile a saint
came before him and told the king that the God has sent a message
for you as under: "O mad king what type of false Yoga you
adopt. You are able to be a lion then why try to be a fox".
The words uttered by the saint, opened the eyes of the king and
the false knowledge of not doing hard work /auspicious deeds
immediately vanished always from his heart. He soon started
walking towards his kingdom for discharging his almost duties.
A
result of Vedas and several holy books concludes that the blessed
body of mankind is meant for doing auspicious deeds at his
level best. Keeping aside the duties one should never act to be
merely a holy man. God does not appreciates if we shoulders
our duties and livelihood towards others and sit idle by baseless
thinking for showing ourselves holy men.
It is said that God does
not appreciates a boastful person and therefore one should give up
the act of giving self airs. So is the Yoga education. If we
listen a study properly, contain it in our mind faithfully and do
action accordingly, then only we can achieve our motto while doing
our duties with family and nation.
|
