Saturday, June 21, 2014

On Gratitude





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Vaibhav also said in his comment “…..Krishna said to Arjuna ‘kill but with love’..”.  many have told me that they are following it……! I would like to clarify that statement here. Whenever we read, hear or see something we interpret it to suit our sense of purpose and lose out on the actual meaning.  The damage – we follow the “wrong thinking” that ‘we are right’ and the next is we quote others and scriptures to paint our wrongs as rights! The danger is we go on living as the same wrong committed person and then complain and are confused why inspite of being ‘right’ (so called) are suffering and why events are not unfolding the proper way (as per our defination!)


What is the actual meaning of this statement then? It simply means “hate the sin and not the sinner”.  When a person hurts us, we are angry with the person and talk about his flaws, pinpoint his drawbacks and hurt him to avenge our hur/pain.  But this is “Adharma”.  This will keep the wheel of karma going on as the other person will also retaliate.  We are bound to our karma not because we commit one but because of our emotions, our expectations and our sense of achievement and loss with regards to our actions.  Does it mean we’ve to let go of the people when they wrong us? No. but not out of vengeance should we act! We should teach them a lesson so that they understand their worng/mistake and also for them to realize their mistake.  We can also take steps to teach a lesson to the person who is wrong so that he doesnot perpetuate it again. If we keep mum, he’ll become more arrogant and will commit the wrong – a bigger one this time! So, to check that we should take stpes.  So, then the steps we take will be out of love for that person. It’ll be for the good of that person.  Not to hurt him. Not out of anger. Not out of hatred.


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