Do Good Naturally
SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA
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As a teenager, I always carried some cotton, antiseptic and a bandage in my pocket. After all, someone could get hurt. One day , I was in a bus. A fellow passenger got hurt. Here was my chance to become a hero, I thought excitedly . Out came my kit.I applied some antiseptic on her bruise and bandaged it.Another passenger looked at me and said, “Do you know, you have caused this bruise -indirectly .“ I was taken aback.He continued, “You waited for someone to fall and get hurt so that you could use your medical kit.“ My take on nishkaama karma, selfless action, had failed.
Krishna says that the path of selfless service can lead you to the ultimate Truth. But even the slightest motive spoils the selfless act. Ma Sarada, the Holy Mother, was a personification of nishkaama karma. Her spiritualism was in her motherliness. She was constantly engaged in motives-free service.And we all have this Universal Mother hidden within.
Take parenting. Today , it's a duty . Parents earn money; they buy gifts and other things for children. But that's not what parenting is about. Remember, a child can live without materialistic things but not without love. When love is absent in a parent-child relationship, children tend to become aggressive.A parent who fulfils all the desires of his child is called a good parent. No one is giving love, no one is getting love. It is a loveless state. It is important to bring up the compassion latent in our hearts -not just for family , but for all. Let love blossom.
Krishna says that the path of selfless service can lead you to the ultimate Truth. But even the slightest motive spoils the selfless act. Ma Sarada, the Holy Mother, was a personification of nishkaama karma. Her spiritualism was in her motherliness. She was constantly engaged in motives-free service.And we all have this Universal Mother hidden within.
Take parenting. Today , it's a duty . Parents earn money; they buy gifts and other things for children. But that's not what parenting is about. Remember, a child can live without materialistic things but not without love. When love is absent in a parent-child relationship, children tend to become aggressive.A parent who fulfils all the desires of his child is called a good parent. No one is giving love, no one is getting love. It is a loveless state. It is important to bring up the compassion latent in our hearts -not just for family , but for all. Let love blossom.
