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look upon all—well-wishers, friends, foes, the pious, and the sinners—
with an impartial and equal intellect toward friend, companion, and foe, neutral among enemies and relatives, and impartial between the righteous and sinful sees everyone as the manifestation of G.
BG 8.7: Therefore, always remember Me and also do your duty of fighting the war. With mind and intellect surrendered to Me,
In the practice of karma yoga, the body is engaged in worldly work, but the mind is attached to God. Hence, while we work to fulfil our worldly duties, these works are not bound by the Law of Karma. Works; that are performed with attachment result in karmic reactions. In the absence of attachment, one is not considered guilty even in the worldly laws.
The very instant we forget God, our mind is taken over by the mighty commanders of maya’s army—desire, envy, greed, lust, anger, hatred, etc. Therefore, it is necessary that we keep our mind always attached to God.
definition of karma yoga given by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita.
He says that in karma yoga, there are only two conditions:
1) While doing any work, the mind should always be thinking of God.
2) The remembrance of God should be constant throughout the day and not intermittent.
“Remember God just as the village woman remembers the water pot on her head. She speaks with others and walks on the path, but her hand keeps holding onto the pot.”_
respond to the joys and sorrows of others as if they were your own,
understand that what gives us pain gives others pain also.
When we are waiting for a friend who is a few minutes late, for example, w llook at our watch, shake it, and get more agitated as the seconds go by.
But when we are half an hour late, we expect our friend to be patient and understanding.
We expect others to overlook our few foibles because of our many virtues, yet at the same time we consider it our prerogative to point out everyone else's weaknesses and mistakes.
To understand others, to beconsiderate towards others, we have only to recognize how much we appreciate consideration ourselves.
help others forget about their failings. Learn to make others comfortable, even when they have made a mistake, is another way of going beyond our petty little selves and becoming aware of everyone else's needs.
forget yourselves by being sensitive and aware of everyone else, what offends you, offends others. It is that simple. When someone makes a sarcastic remark about us, we are not exactly delighted; therefore, we cannot afford to make sarcastic remarks to others.
Harsh thoughts, resentful thoughts, can wound others more deeply than knives.
When a person bursts out in anger against us, remain friendly, not hold hi mistake against him, and move closer to him.this will bring him continual relief from his anger. This is true of even the roughest character; everyone responds to forbearance and forgiveness, which bless not only the one who gives them and the one who receives them, but everyone who associates with the man or woman who forgives.
stretch your arms wide to embrace everyone, use them for comforting and strengthening others, the grit to bear with others no matter how unlovingly they treat us.
start strengthening your arms right with our family, with our friends, and on our job, by doing little things for others. It is easiest to begin by establishing good relationships with our family, because they want to be loving and close as much as we do. Then, after we have brought a cease-fire to the guerilla warfare in our own home, we can gradually develop good relationships with our neighbors, then with our city council, then on to the state capital; and finally, when we have proven ourselvesn to be an unshakable negotiator for peace, we can work on a national and international level.
there are good points about every parent and every child that we should always emphasize. . begin or end our meditation with a prayer for the welfare of our parents and all the other members of our family.
posted by Rajan Athimber @ October 11, 2025
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