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PRACTICE OF KARMA YOGA
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O man! Learn practical lessons from Nature mango tree does Purushartha It gives shade to the
cand delicious fruit to the proprietor. The jasmine emanates sweet fragrance to all The ants are busy with collecting grains in summer. They enjoy the grain in their holes during the rainy season and in winter. The bees collect honey vigorously from the flowers and get intoxicated with joy drinking honey. The rivers supply good sparkling water to people. The sun gives energy and warmth to plants and human beings and converts saltish waters of the sea into good drinkable water. The sandal tree sends out fragrance in all directions The musk-deer gives musk. The earth supplies grains, gold, iron, lead, vegetables and other necessities to man. The parents prescribe Purushartha to their children The teachers ask the student: “Study well, have a good character. Pass in your examination and get a good job. Do charity, control the senses and become a good man."
You will find in the Gita. “But the disciplined self. moving among sense-objects with senses free from attraction and repulsion, mastered by the self, goeth to peace.” Ch. II-64. The difficulty that you encountered in Sloka 33 is now obviated Do Purushartha now. Remove Raga Dwesha and rest in peace Then Nature becomes your obedient servant You are the master or lord of Nature Do Sadhana Practise! Practise! Realize! Realize! This is your highest duty. You have taken this body to achieve this end!
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