Renunciation of Action
The Supreme Lord Said:
"Although I am unborn and inexhaustible, and although I am the Lord of all beings, keeping nature under My control, I manifest Myself by My own self induced illusion."
[Chapter 4 Verse 6]
"Whenever and wherever there is decline of dharma (righteousness) and ascendance of adharma (unrighteousness), at that time I manifest Myself in visible form."
[Chapter 4 Verse 7]
"For the protection of the righteous and destruction of the wicked, and for the sake of establishing dharma again , I incarnate Myself on earth from time to time."
[Chapter 4 Verse 8]
"He who knows correctly the truth of My divine birth and actions, on leaving his body, would never take birth again. He would certainly come to Me."
[Chapter 4 Verse 9]
Showing posts with label Action. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Monday, March 12, 2007
The Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1:36-43
ARJUNA: O Krishna, what satisfaction could we find in killing Dhritarashtra's sons? We would become sinners by slaying these men, even though they are evil. The sons of Dhritarashtra are related to us: therefore, we should not kill them. How can we gain happiness by kiling members of our own family?
Though they are overpowered by greed and see no evil in destroying families or injuring friends, we see these evils. Why shouldn't we turn away from this sin? When a family declines, ancient traditions are destroyed. With them are lost the spiritual foundations for life, and the family loses its sense of unity. Where there is no sense of unity, the women of the family become corrupt; and with the corruption of its women, society is plunged into chaos. Social chaos is hell for the family and for those who have destroyed the family as well. It disrupts the process of spiritual evolution begun by our ancestors. The timeless spiritual foundations of family and society would be destroyed by these terrible deeds, which violate the unity of life.
It is said that those whose family dharma has been destroyed dwell in hell. This is a great sin! We are prepared to kill our own relations out of greed for the pleasures of a kingdom. Better for me if the sons of Dhritarashtra, weapons in hand, were to attack me in battle and kill me unarmed and unresisting.
SANJAYA: Overwhelmed by sorrow, Arjuna spoke these words. And casting away his bow and his arrows, he sat down in his chariot in the middle of the battlefield.
Though they are overpowered by greed and see no evil in destroying families or injuring friends, we see these evils. Why shouldn't we turn away from this sin? When a family declines, ancient traditions are destroyed. With them are lost the spiritual foundations for life, and the family loses its sense of unity. Where there is no sense of unity, the women of the family become corrupt; and with the corruption of its women, society is plunged into chaos. Social chaos is hell for the family and for those who have destroyed the family as well. It disrupts the process of spiritual evolution begun by our ancestors. The timeless spiritual foundations of family and society would be destroyed by these terrible deeds, which violate the unity of life.
It is said that those whose family dharma has been destroyed dwell in hell. This is a great sin! We are prepared to kill our own relations out of greed for the pleasures of a kingdom. Better for me if the sons of Dhritarashtra, weapons in hand, were to attack me in battle and kill me unarmed and unresisting.
SANJAYA: Overwhelmed by sorrow, Arjuna spoke these words. And casting away his bow and his arrows, he sat down in his chariot in the middle of the battlefield.
The Bhagavad Gita: An Overview
The Bhagavad Gita is a story about a struggle for hereditary economic/political power, within the ancient royal Kuru family. One of the young princes of the family, Arjuna, is called upon to lead a war against another branch of the family that has made a fraudulent claim on the throne of what we know as India.
Arjuna prepares to fight and is accompanied and counseled by his charioteer, Krishna, who is a lower member of a different house in the same Kuru dynasty. Krishna also happens to be the eighth quintessential manifestation, a.k.a. an avatar, of Vishnu, the sum of cosmic forces that preserve the created universe from other forces that constantly work to corrupt and destroy it.
Arjuna is deeply stressed by this situation in which family is attacking family. The Bhagavad Gita is Arjuna's and Krishna's conversation about the problems inherent to the situation in which Arjuna finds himself and Krishna's suggestions for behavioral principles to guide Arjuna through the decisions he will have to make.
Arjuna prepares to fight and is accompanied and counseled by his charioteer, Krishna, who is a lower member of a different house in the same Kuru dynasty. Krishna also happens to be the eighth quintessential manifestation, a.k.a. an avatar, of Vishnu, the sum of cosmic forces that preserve the created universe from other forces that constantly work to corrupt and destroy it.
Arjuna is deeply stressed by this situation in which family is attacking family. The Bhagavad Gita is Arjuna's and Krishna's conversation about the problems inherent to the situation in which Arjuna finds himself and Krishna's suggestions for behavioral principles to guide Arjuna through the decisions he will have to make.
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Please Call or Write to your Senators:
January 12, 2007
To: Senator Pat Roberts
From: J. Patrice Cuddy-Lamoree and Family
21341 W. 123rd Terr.
Olathe, Ks. 66061-9718
harebo@wydeyed.com
913.782.3177
Re: Senator Kennedy’s bill to require the President to come to Congress for approval of his plans and to make specific funding requests for his plan for Iraq, which Congress must vote on.
The fact that the President and his advisors do not understand Iraq is strongly demonstrated by Secretary Rice’s recent statements to the effect that there are no contingency plans for what to do if benchmarks are not met.
This administration also does not understand that the conflict in Iraq is not primarily with al Qaeda. The situation is more dynamic than the President and Secretary Rice understand. The foreign fighters in Iraq are not all Al Qaeda. The Invasion of Iraq has triggered a Civil War, not the rise of a single caliphate belonging to Al Qaeda.
Al Qaeda is in Afghanistan and distributed in un-known other places around the World along with several similar terrorist groups. A “surge” escalates the dynamics in the geo-political and economic factors. Putting all of our Military Resources into Iraq puts the U.S. over-a-barrel, isolated, at serious disadvantage, while other World economic forces take over more markets, putting the U.S. even further into disadvantage. If we start a War on Iran too, we will be “over-the-barrel” – Paralyzed - Forever.
Please support Senator Kennedy’s efforts “To prohibit the use of funds for an escalation of United States Forces in Iraq above numbers existing as of January 9, 2007”.
I look forward to you voice in the national discourse on these matters soon.
Thanks for reading this.
Sincerely,
To: Senator Pat Roberts
From: J. Patrice Cuddy-Lamoree and Family
21341 W. 123rd Terr.
Olathe, Ks. 66061-9718
harebo@wydeyed.com
913.782.3177
Re: Senator Kennedy’s bill to require the President to come to Congress for approval of his plans and to make specific funding requests for his plan for Iraq, which Congress must vote on.
The fact that the President and his advisors do not understand Iraq is strongly demonstrated by Secretary Rice’s recent statements to the effect that there are no contingency plans for what to do if benchmarks are not met.
This administration also does not understand that the conflict in Iraq is not primarily with al Qaeda. The situation is more dynamic than the President and Secretary Rice understand. The foreign fighters in Iraq are not all Al Qaeda. The Invasion of Iraq has triggered a Civil War, not the rise of a single caliphate belonging to Al Qaeda.
Al Qaeda is in Afghanistan and distributed in un-known other places around the World along with several similar terrorist groups. A “surge” escalates the dynamics in the geo-political and economic factors. Putting all of our Military Resources into Iraq puts the U.S. over-a-barrel, isolated, at serious disadvantage, while other World economic forces take over more markets, putting the U.S. even further into disadvantage. If we start a War on Iran too, we will be “over-the-barrel” – Paralyzed - Forever.
Please support Senator Kennedy’s efforts “To prohibit the use of funds for an escalation of United States Forces in Iraq above numbers existing as of January 9, 2007”.
I look forward to you voice in the national discourse on these matters soon.
Thanks for reading this.
Sincerely,
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Fax to Dennis Moore 1/10/07 Re Increase in Minimum Wage
Re: H.R. 2 Increase in Minimum Wage
This “good” economy isn’t good for way more people than anyone wants to admit. Business should, of course, be encouraged, but that encouragement has turned into Solid-Gold Privilege contributing to extreme in-equalities and enormous stresses in people’s lives from out-of-control im-balances in Social and Economic Justice. Unions are threatened and harassed at any and every opportunity. Health care and insurance costs, private and shared, go up for everyone. Real wages are dropping. The opportunities for non-Corporate citizens to affect their own lives are severely limited by campaign finance corruption. Let’s draw a line and establish a floor for the lower-middle-class, who need it more than the middle-class does.
Please act in support of an increase in Minimum Wage, with no other riders and amendments. I hope you help to create an opportunity for a clean vote on this essential social issue.
I look forward to seeing your thoughts on this in the media soon.
Thanks for reading this.
Sincerely,
This “good” economy isn’t good for way more people than anyone wants to admit. Business should, of course, be encouraged, but that encouragement has turned into Solid-Gold Privilege contributing to extreme in-equalities and enormous stresses in people’s lives from out-of-control im-balances in Social and Economic Justice. Unions are threatened and harassed at any and every opportunity. Health care and insurance costs, private and shared, go up for everyone. Real wages are dropping. The opportunities for non-Corporate citizens to affect their own lives are severely limited by campaign finance corruption. Let’s draw a line and establish a floor for the lower-middle-class, who need it more than the middle-class does.
Please act in support of an increase in Minimum Wage, with no other riders and amendments. I hope you help to create an opportunity for a clean vote on this essential social issue.
I look forward to seeing your thoughts on this in the media soon.
Thanks for reading this.
Sincerely,
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