Karma in its effect on Character
SV CW chp1 Vol 1 pg
27-35
Karma = work /
effects of action
Karma of Karma Yoga = WORK.
(1)
Goal of mankind = Knowledge not pleasure
a.
Pleasure and pain both are teachers
b.
Misery better teacher
c.
Character: Aggregate of tendencies caused by
pleasure + pain
d. Karma creates Character
(2)
Knowledge is inherent in man
a.
All knowledge is in the mind
b.
Uncover to reveal
c.
No covering = Omniscient, self-realized
(3)
We are all doing KARMA all the time..!
(4)
Character
of a man –
a.
watch him perform most common action
b.
A great man- Character is great always wherever
he is. Ex: Pavhari Baba, Thakur
(5)
Karma – most tremendous power one has to deal
with
a.
We are what we are now because of our past
actions
b.
Realized/ Omniscient Man –
i.
a center attracting all the powers of the
universe to himself
ii.
fusing them
iii.
sending it back in big currents
iv.
Power of drawing in and throwing out: - Will
power
c. Character causes Will (Power) to act
(6)
Manifestation
of Will of Man = All work around us
a.
Incarnations
i.
~ Huge waves, made up of small waves
ii.
Gathered power over ages and ages finally
culminating into Jesus or Buddha
b.
Other examples: Lata Mangeshkar (famous singer),
Olympians,
c.
One life example: Roger Federer – how he became
a gentleman; controlled his wrath
(7)
Law
of KARMA:
a. we get what we deserve
i.
One cannot get anything unless he earns it
ii.
One can have a library of books but can read
only what he deserves
iii.
We are = what we wished ourselves to be
b.
How to
Work?
i.
scientifically / cleverly
1.
Outgoing energy with UNSELFISH motive –
a.
With RESTRAINT + PATIENCE -
i.
Mighty Will power
ii.
Self-control
iii.
Build Character
ii.
Without fritting away energies obtain greatest
result
1.
Outgoing energy with SELFISH motive –
a.
frits away energy
b.
immoral and wicked
c.
weak + powerless
iii.
Wake up the soul
(8)
Selfish motives of Work:
a.
Fame
b.
Money
c.
Power
d.
Enjoyment (heaven)
e.
Name
f.
Penance
(9)
Unselfish Work:
a.
Work for work’s sake
b.
For the good of all
c.
Unselfish:
i.
more rewarding but requires Patience
ii.
promotes good Health
iii.
Highest ideal: love + truth + unselfishness
(10)
Conclusion:
a.
All work to be revered
b.
Start with selfish motive
c.
Aim for higher motives
d.
Graduate to unselfish motive
i.
Work we have the right,
e.
Why? Freedom from bondage
f.
Become Ideal Man:
i.
Ideal of Karma Yoga
ii.
BG Chp4 #18 – Midst of greatest silence and
solitude finds the intensest activity and in the midst of intensest activity
finds the silence and solitude of desert
iii.
Perfectly Unselfish Man
1.
All concentrated power
2.
All knowledge manifested.
(c)Nandini Mitra Banerjee 2/3/2018
