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We’re unique in our DNA, but it was drawn from millions of past lives.
‘One’s own dharma, even if followed imperfectly, is superior to someone else’s dharma, even if followed perfectly. Someone else’s dharma brings great fear.’
‘Patient people should take a long time to act.
Markandeya Purana provides in detail what the sage Dattatreya taught Alarka about yoga.
it is extremely difficult to know what dharma and karma are. It is impossible to know what is good and bad. Therefore, what should be done is never evident.
‘Even the wise are confused about what is karma and what is akarma [not undertaking karma].
If a person’s efforts are devoid of all resolutions driven by desire, he has used the fire of jnana to burn up all his karma.
He is beyond the opposites [happiness and misery, cold and heat, and so on]. He has no envy. He is impartial to success or failure. Even though he acts, he is not bound.’
‘Therefore, always undertake the task without being attached to the karma. A person who undertakes karma without being attached, obtains the highest end.’
Without giving up expectations, one can never become a yogi.’
There is an impression that floats around that the Bhagavad Gita speaks of jnana yoga, karma yoga and bhakti yoga, as if they are different. I have quoted Rajaji and Sri Aurobindo earlier, to the effect that this is not true at all. Without bhakti, there can be no true jnana or karma.
Bhakti is necessary to break down the ahamkara.
But like much else in life, it will give you what you choose to take from it. It can be an aid in your personal arohana.
It is a book to be lived.
