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Vedic Oasis for Inspiration, Vedic Oasis for Inspiration, Culture and EducationCulture and Education
Bhagavad gita &Bhagavad gita &Art of Work Art of Work
Based on the teaching ofBased on the teaching ofHis Divine GraceHis Divine Grace
A.C.BhaktivedantaA.C.BhaktivedantaSwami PrabhupadaSwami Prabhupada
Before learning about WORK, Let us learn the Proper world-view
Let us take a look at our own livesLet us take a look at our own lives
Skyscraper Buildings
Western countries have reached summit of material
advancement
Education and ResearchEducation and Research
Do we have toDo we have toPay a Price?Pay a Price?
Insecurity
Sleep Deprivation
No Trust!
Workaholic
Stress
Constant BoredomEver-increasing
Diseases
Myth of saving TimeMyth of saving Time
Modern way of living COMFORTABLY MISERABLE
Modern way of life provides us :Modern way of life provides us :
ComfortsComforts NOTNOT HappinessHappiness
MedicinesMedicines NOTNOT HealthHealth
CosmeticsCosmetics NOTNOT YouthYouth
EntertainmentEntertainment NOTNOT Peace of MindPeace of Mind
Life Support SystemsLife Support Systems NOTNOT LIFELIFE
Intelligent InquiriesIntelligent Inquiries
• Who am I?• Where from did I come?• Where will I go after death?• Why am I suffering?
In what way is human being superior to Animals?
In the four habits of eating, sleeping,
• Animals have Rational power and Intelligence.• Animals are better than human beings in many respects.
Ahara nidra bhaya maithunam ca Samanyam etad pashubhir naranamDharmo ‘hi tesham adhiko vishesho Dharmena heena pashubhir samanam
Mahabharata
Eating, Sleeping, Mating and defending is Common to humans and animals. What Distinguishes them is ‘Dharma’ or the ‘life according to Laws of God’. - Mahabharata
GOVERNMENT OF ANY COUNTRY
1 Home Ministry (Law and order)
2 Supplying medicines for diseases
3 Industrial and domestic water needs supply by Municipality
4 Ministry of Social Welfare (Supply of food grains, vegetable, milk)
5 Ministry of Energy (Electricity and Lighting)
6 Finance Ministry (Currency or wealth)
7 Health Ministry (Hygiene and sanitation)
8 Defense Ministry (Protection from dangers)
9 Education Ministry (Education for citizens)
10 Reward for best citizens
Illicit sex – AIDS, Smoking-CancerDrinking-Liver problem, tobacco-bronchitis, Law of KarmaAyurvedic herbs, Naturopathy, Go-Ark etc
Ocean water is salty. Sun evaporates it, produces clouds and rains to yield potable water
Air, water, grains, milk – all supplied through Nature; If Nature is mother, then God is Father.
Sun and Moon
Gold, silver, nava ratnas, diamonds etc
Sun and rain keep cleanliness, Pigs, fishes eat stool, Favorable bacteria
Ozonosphere protects living beings on earth,Immunity in body, blood clotting to prevent bleeding
Vedas, Bible, Quran
Benefits of Yoga, Meditation etc, Heaven and Spiritualworld for those who follow God’s laws and scriptures
UNIVERSAL GOVERNMENT
na tad bhäsayate süryo na çaçäìko na pävakaùyad gatvä na nivartante tad dhäma paramaà mama
TRANSLATIONThat supreme abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by fire or electricity. Those who reach it never
return to this material world.
Spiritual world
What is Life?What is Life?
What is Death?What is Death?
No One Likes Dead Body No One Likes Dead Body --
We Bury It or Burn itWe Bury It or Burn it
Where is the Active Force?Where is the Active Force?
The so-called beautiful body, dwindles and dies;But the soul within the body never dies.
Is Matter Is Matter Conscious?Conscious?
Does it haveDoes it have DESIRE? DESIRE?
Does itDoes it FEEL?FEEL?
Does it haveDoes it have WILL?WILL?
Material View Point
We are bodies made up of matterWe are bodies made up of matterEverything is finished at death.Everything is finished at death.
Spiritual View Point
We are not the material body, butWe are not the material body, butWeWe’’re spirit soul, encaged in the material body.re spirit soul, encaged in the material body.
We do not die when material body stops to function.We do not die when material body stops to function.
Lord Sri Krishna instructs …
Who am I ?Am I this temporary body which is a bag of flesh and bones?
6 Changes Effected By Time6 Changes Effected By Time
BirthBirth
GrowthGrowth
SustenanceSustenance
OffspringOffspring
DwindlesDwindles
DeathDeath
The BODY and SOUL are distinct just as
The bird and the cage are distinct
The driver and the car are distinct
Thus you are the SOUL.Your body is just like a shirt.
REINCARNATION REINCARNATION
Soul changing bodies after Death
Art of Work Art of Work
TYPES OF KARMATYPES OF KARMAvikarmavikarma
karmakarma
akarmaakarma
Work performed against scriptural Work performed against scriptural directionsdirections-- Sinful Activities.Sinful Activities.
Work for which one incurs subsequent Work for which one incurs subsequent reactions reactions –– Material ActivitiesMaterial Activities
Devotional Activity for which one Devotional Activity for which one suffers no reactions suffers no reactions –– NonNon--ActionAction
Some are born
Fabulously Rich
Some are born
Wretchedly Poor
Some are born
Handsome
Some are born
Ugly
Some are born
Healthy & Strong
Some are born
Weak & Handicapped
Some are born
To Rich Parents
Some are born
Impoverished
But who is witnessing our
activities?
The Lord is seated in our heart as the
Parmatma as a witness to our
activities.
Lord Kåñëa says in the Bhagavad-gétä (8.6),
yaà yaà väpi smaran bhävaàtyajaty ante kalevaramtaà tam evaiti kaunteya
sadä tad-bhäva-bhävitaù
Lord Kåñëa says in the Bhagavad-gétä (8.6),
“Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, O son of Kunté, that
state he will attain without fail.”
BearBear
TreeTree
In human form of life we have got
developed intelligence to
discriminate and lead responsible
lives.
If we engage in
sinful activities of
…which are known as the four
pillars of sinful life…
Illicit Sex
Meat Eating
Gambling
Intoxication
…we will suffer…
… KARMIC Reactions
…and degrade to lower life forms.
If we lead responsible lives following
religious principles &
practicing …
Austerity
Sacrifice
Cultivation of Knowledge
Associating with Saintly Persons
We elevate
gradually to the
kingdom of God.
Higher PlanetaryHigher PlanetarySystemsSystems
Lower PlanetaryLower PlanetarySystemsSystems
Middle PlanetaryMiddle PlanetarySystemsSystems
SPIRITUAL WORLDor VAIKUNTHA
is beyond Heaven and Hell
and all Material universes
Lord Sri Krishna said :
I am the source of all spiritual and material
worlds.
Everything emanates from Me.
The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service
and worship Me with all their hearts.
The thoughts of My pure
devotees dwell in
Me
their lives are fully devoted to My service
they derive great satisfaction and blissfrom always enlightening one another
and conversing about Me.
To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love,
I give the understanding by which they can come to
Me.
ART OF ART OF WORKWORK
Art of performing Holy Workkarmaëy evädhikäras temä phaleñu kadäcana
mä karma-phala-hetur bhürmä te saìgo 'stv akarmaëi
You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of
your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty.
(Bhagavad gita 2.47)
Art of performing Holy Work
You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but
you are not entitled to the fruits of action.
(example) CARPENTER
Lesson 1 : Everything is owned and controlled by God. Thank Him byOffering the results of your work to God - Food, Time, Money, Energy
No one can manufacture anything. All eatables include grains, fruits, vegetables, milk, sugar, etc.
Everything is supplied by God.
The necessities of life – Heat, sunlight, moonlight, air, rainfall, etc.,
—none of them can be manufactured by the human society.
Art of performing Holy Work
Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities.
(example) FARMER & GOD
Lesson 2 : Everything is NOT in our hands. We can endeavor, but God has to give the results. So DO YOUR BEST & LEAVE THE REST TO GOD.
Do your best & Leave the rest
We are not in control of things in this world. God is in control. Who helps our body to grow in mother’s womb?Who replaced our milk teeth by strong ones without making them
all fall at the same time, but one by one ?
Art of performing Holy Work
‘çreyän dravya-mayäd yajïäjjïäna-yajïaù parantapa’
‘the sacrifice performed in knowledge is better than the mere sacrifice of material possessions.’ [BG 4.33]
(example) Good News & Bad News from a Pilot
3. Work with knowledge of Goal of Life –To gain release from miseries and
to return back home back to Godhead.This material world is a Hospital, not a Hotel.
na tad bhäsayate süryo na çaçäìko na pävakaùyad gatvä na nivartante tad dhäma paramaà mama
TRANSLATIONThat supreme abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by fire or electricity. Those who reach it never
return to this material world.
Spiritual world
Paradise Lost….Paradise will be gained by your Holy Work
Due to desire to enjoy independent of God,
the soul is sent to this material world,
which is like a prison house.
JAIL
Individual Quiz : Fill up the blank with appropriate words based on the analogy of material world and jail :
1. Jail = ___________2. Jail keeper = Ans: Mayadevi
3. Food = ___________4. Medicine = ____________5. Checked shirt = ________
Where Does the Soul Come from?Where Does the Soul Come from?
The soul originally belongs to the Spiritual world. There are infinite souls who are eternal servants of the Supreme Lord in the Spiritual world.
The soul originally belongs to the Spiritual world. There are infinite souls who are eternal servants of the Supreme Lord in the Spiritual world.
Due to envy and the desire to enjoy independent of the Supreme Lord, the soul is sent to this material world, which is like a prison house.
Due to envy and the desire to enjoy independent of the Supreme Lord, the soul is sent to this material world, which is like a prison house.
6. Whips = _____________7. Release = ____________8. Stay in state = _______________9. Laws of state = _______________10. Prime minister of state = ______
Just as the fish can be happy only in the waters, similarly the soulcan be happy only in the spiritual world, not in the material world
With any amount of luxuries and comforts.
How can we become happy ?
The part (finger) can become happy only by serving the whole (stomach).
The soul can become happy only by serving the Supreme Lord.
All the senses are nourished by feeding
the stomach
All the parts of the tree are nourished by
watering the root
WE HAVE TO REVIVE OUR ETERNAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER-GOD TO BECOME TRULY HAPPY.
WE ARE LIKE THE LOST SON WE ARE LIKE THE LOST SON OF A MILLIONAIRE FATHEROF A MILLIONAIRE FATHER
SPIRITUAL WORLD vs. MATERIAL WORLD
OUR MATERIAL BODY IS A BAD COPY OF OUR SPIRITUAL BODY
The spiritual world is like a real mango tree on the bank of a river. The material world is like the perverted shadow reflection of the mango tree (upside down) in the river waters.
Art of performing Holy Work
4. Give up unholy professions
Refrain from STRESSORS harmful to your body, mind and wellbeing
Non -
Veg. Intoxication Gambling Illicit Sex
Meat
Eggs
Fish
Extramarital Sex
Vulgar talks
Obscene Films
Alcohol
Tobacco
Drugs
Horse Race
Lotteries
Casino
TYPES OF KARMATYPES OF KARMAvikarmavikarma
karmakarma
akarmaakarma
Breaking Laws of God Breaking Laws of God
Good Work on material platformGood Work on material platformthat brings good reactionsthat brings good reactions
Devotional Activity for which one Devotional Activity for which one suffers no reactions suffers no reactions –– NonNon--ActionAction
Mantra Meditation
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare
Chant
5. Remember the Lord by Chanting Hare Krishna.
Yoga: What it actually is Yoga: What it actually is --
Yoga literally means union in love Yoga literally means union in love between the soul and God.between the soul and God.
Yogi is a person whose life and activities Yogi is a person whose life and activities are oriented towards reestablishing his are oriented towards reestablishing his relationship with God.relationship with God.
Yogi could be anybody Yogi could be anybody –– Doctor, EngineerDoctor, EngineerProfessor, Housewife etc.Professor, Housewife etc.
MAN + TRA
MIND
DELIVER
Mind management by mantra
3
8
13
18
Mantra Meditator in Alpha zone Relaxed Alert zone
Active
zone
Drowziness
zone
Sleepy zone
Hyperactive
zoneB
rain
Wav
e Fr
eque
ncy
(c
ycle
s/se
c)
Mantra Meditation leads to Relaxed Alertness
“Everything started happening
for me when I began chanting Hare Krishna.”
Jean Claude Halliche
Youngest Directorof 3M Inc. - France
(29 year old)
“Chanting Hare Krishna has
made a tremendous
impact in my life.”
Albert Brush Ford
Owner - Ford Motors
“I've been chanting Hare Krishna for many years, and I've never found anything more pleasurable.
N.D. Desai
Leading Indian Industrialist
(Apar Limited, GE Apar Lighting, CEMA Tubes,
Apar Infotech)
“Chanting Hare Krishna has helped me face all the ups and downs in my life with a great confidence and peace of mind.”
Hrishikesh Mafatlal
CEO - Mafatlal Fabrics
6. Dovetail your talents and profession and offer them in Lord’s service.
The Most Joyful Yoga
BHAKTI YOGA
How to perform Work ?How to perform Work ?
1. Work with knowledge that, “Everything belongs to God”.
3. Work with knowledge of Goal of Life.
2. Work dutifully, without Greed,Do your best, leave the rest to God.
4. Give up Unholy professions.
How to perform Work ?How to perform Work ?
5. Try to Remember God by ChantingHare Krishna.
6. Dovetail your talents and profession and offer them in Lord’s service.
Hare Krishna ! Thank you very much !
7. Proactive Behaviour
Uncontrolled mind and senses
Do your Best. Tolerate all joys and sorrowsand try to turn the negative situations into positive.
7. Proactive Behavior
Proactive and Reactive Behaviour
Proactive language Reactive language
There is nothing I can do. Let’s look at the alternatives.
That’s just the way I am. I can choose a different approach
He makes me so mad. I control my own feelings.
They won’t allow that. I can create an effective presentation
I can’t. I choose.
I must. I prefer.
Circle of CONCERN and INFLUENCE
Circle of influence
Circle of concern
Circle of concern
Circle of Influence
Exam study
Self Discipline
PunctualitySincerity
Exam result
I should get what I
want
I want a better face
cut
Global Competition
Everyone should love me
EconomicRecession
GovernmentPolicy
WRONG Attitudes Assumptions
Proactive peoplefocus their efforts in the Circle of Influence
Work on things they can do something about
Reactive peoplefocus their efforts in the Circle of concern
Focus on Weakness of other people, the Problems in the environment, and circumstances over which they have no control
Proactive Inside – OutI can BE more diligent and creative to meet with the
needs of my boss…...
I can BE more planned in spending my time….
I can BE more patient and respectful to my team members to get their cooperation…..
Reactive Outside – InIf only I HAD a boss who wasn’t such a dictator …..
If I could just HAVE more time to myself….If only I HAD more co-operative team members …..
Problem Solving
Problem
DIRECT CONTROL Problems involving your own behavior
Solution
Work on improving your own habits
Problem Solving
Problem
INDIRECT CONTROLProblems involving
other people’s behavior
Solution
Improve methods of influence; thereby increase your circle of influence ( inside-out, not outside in)
Problem Solving
Problem
NO CONTROLProblems we can do
nothing about
Solution
Smile and learn to live with these problems
“ O Lord, give me the courage
to change the things which can and ought to be changed,
the serenity to accept the things
which cannot be changed, and
the wisdom to know the difference ”
Boost your Will power & Boost your Will power & Become a Karma yogiBecome a Karma yogi
Mind Control through Mantra Meditation
Sharpen Intelligence through Wisdom literature like Bhagavad gita
Eager, Inquisitive & Association of saintly
Eat Sattvic foods; Avoid meat, intoxicants, gambling, illicit sex
Live a life in harmony with Nature & God.
Thank You Very Much...May Lord bless youto become free from all
vices and imbibe allvirtues and bringforth
abundant Bliss !
CHANT …
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
AND BE STRESS-FREE !!
MantraMantraMeditationMeditation
STORY OF LIQUID BEAUTY
PrincessSweety
STORY OF LIQUID BEAUTY
QUIZ : What all lessons did you learn from the story of Liquid Beauty?
Beauty is not in the material body which is just a bag of bones and flesh, but in the spirit soul, a
part and parcel of Supremely attractive Personality of Godhead,
Sri Krishna.
Eat, Drink & Be Merry
PhysicalPhysical
MentalMental
Music, Arts, Poetry, Sports…
IntellectualIntellectual
Brainy GamesBrainy GamesDebatesDebates
WranglingWrangling……....
SpiritualSpiritual
Praying, Yoga, Reading Scripture, Chanting…
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