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Isavasya Upanishad for Beginners : 2.1.3. Swami Krishnananda

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======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 26/02/2020. Mantram-2. 1. INTRODUCTION-3. Post-3. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. *You are dragged towards karma, why? #Because you are a part of the universe. Every cell in your body works in accor­dance with a certain set law. *What is the necessity for the cells to work according to this set law? ##The reason is that the cells are a part of the body. The system of the body is such that it takes work from every cell of it. So they work unceasingly night and day, inseparable from existence and continuously, inescapably, set into action. Isvara is virat svarup. Even as every cell in the human body works continuously and unceasingly without in anyway interfering with the working of oth

Isavasya Upanishad for Beginners : 2.1.2. Swami Krishnananda

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======================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/02/2020. MANTRAM-2. 1. INTRODUCTION-2. POST-2. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Now there is another question arising out of this state­ment. Man’s individual intellect is but a poor one in compari­son to what has to be understood. He is after all human, an individual personality filled with desire, anger, jealousy, etc. How are we to conduct ourselves in life so that we may do all our duties as God’s agent? Once you concede that isvara is the Supreme Existence you have to offer all duties unto Him as the Supreme Doer. On this statement again arise a number of questions. Life is not easy. It is a very difficult problem. It is not a joke. Jiva’s predominant characteristic is action.