Monday, 18 June 2018
True worth of Income
The Speaking Tree ET
By Anant G Nadkarni
Lord Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita, “One has a right to perform
tasks but is not at liberty to accrue the fruits of action.” Viewed in
isolation, one could easily be tempted into believing that as a rule, all ‘fruits
of action are forbidden’. If an action has no outcome at all, there is
something fundamentally wrong.
At a more universal level, activities and resultants are integrated and
driven together by the same energy. Therefore, actions should find their
fullest expression, be acknowledged for what value they add, and made evident
for their worth.
Today, there is a need to become responsible, truthful and efficient in
all the many little things we do and become really useful as we serve others
and ourselves. J R D Tata once said, “The wealth gathered by Jamsetji Tata and
his sons in half a century of industrial pioneering formed but minute fraction
of the amount by which they enriched the nation. The whole of that wealth is
held in trust for the people and used exclusively for their benefit. The cycle
is thus complete; what came from the people has gone back to the people many
times over.” The pleasure in earning truly lies in its distribution.
DISCLAIMER : Views expressed above are the author's own.
Quote from the True Charm and Power of Vedanta
Our cosmic connections
Spirituality | ET
By Pranav Khullar
Astronomers and astrologers have varying notions of the movement of
planets. Religious calendars of different faiths are either lunar- or sun-based
systems. Dreamers and poets are drawn to the sky, and we all seem to look up
instinctively either in thanksgiving or in trouble. Ironically enough, it is
one of the few meeting places left where scientific enquiry and religious faith
seem to coalesce naturally.
The sky has been the driving metaphor for our metaphysical speculation:
of how we need to reach out beyond our ego, and understand the essential
oneness of all under a common sky.
In comprehending the vastness of the universe, we would realise there is
a greater purpose to our lives than in merely living out a self-centred and
fragmented existence. Mythologist Joseph Campbell writes of our remarkable
metaphorical shift from an interest in the sky above to a parallel vastness of
the soul within.
The reaching out also reflects our deepest urge to be at peace with
ourselves and with the world. It is the recognition of oneness under a common
sky, together with inner yearning for the truth of the Self, that will revive
our cosmic consciousness, bringing us closer to one another and with Self.
DISCLAIMER : Views expressed above are the author's own.
But, if He exists?
I drive joy There was a
doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation
on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they
argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been
misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I
agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you
are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes rather than a
lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I derive 4m.
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