#1 MISTAKE of a Spiritual Seeker - Never Do This! Shree Krishna | Bhagavad Gita | Swami Mukundananda
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1 there are different rituals in different religious traditions but our vedas have got a plethora of them and trying to analyze one can become totally and completely confused from the morning the time you wake till the time you sleep all kinds of rituals are described, people particularly Indians in the West, many of them ask this question, so swamiji these rituals are all useless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6luRLOryC8&t=0 2 Bhagavad Gita, chapter 3, Karma Yoga, those who are deluded by the operation of the gunas become attached to the results of their actions but the wise who understand these truths should not unsettle such ignorant people who know very little https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6luRLOryC8&t=31 3 Shri Krishna stated, Arjun there are those who see themselves as the doer, and then there are those who see themselves as the non-doer, now the instructions are different for both categories of people, however those who are illumined and who are seeing they are not the doers, they should not confuse the others and encourage them to perform works in accordance with their level of enlightenment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6luRLOryC8&t=94 4 like for example people particularly Indians in the west, many of them ask this question, so Swamiji these rituals are all useless, well, you know from one point of view they are, if you are enlightened, they don't have any relevance to you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6luRLOryC8&t=129 5 कर्माण्यपि संयस्यति, Narad Bhakti Darshan says in this path of devotion just throw them all away वेदानपि संयस्यति "even the Vedas (sacred Hindu scriptures) will be renounced/discarded". "केवलं अविछिन्न अनुरागम लभhis means "only uninterrupted devotion/love is attained". No need for following all these rituals / injunctions, “just engage in pure love for God” so it's true if your mind is attached to God, these rituals are not important, however that is not the instruction for the masses, because how many people actually have their minds attached to God ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6luRLOryC8&t=152 6 you say all right, the rituals are useless, so what will people do, the little bit that they were doing also they will stop doing, so did you help them or did you harm them ? So we should not confuse the Vedas, the words of God Himself, they are describing these rituals, you have grown beyond them, congratulations to you, but don't criticize them, they have meaning for people because it is difficult to attach the mind to God, it is easy to do a ritual. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6luRLOryC8&t=199 6 I agree that the ritual ultimately has got less value, you have called Pandit ji, Pandit ji, please come and do puja in my house, now Pandit ji is doing the puja you're sitting and drinking tea, he's doing a ritual, as the person's understanding is that it is some ritual that Pandit ji comes and does, now naturally he is not going to purify his own mind, but at least he has got Pandit ji to his house to do the puja, for a moment he is thinking that some business of God is going on, at least he is going to make some offering of his there, so something is better than nothing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6luRLOryC8&t=241 7 that is why the Vedas realized that most people's minds are attached to the world, they need supports to elevate themselves, so all kinds of rituals are described. In our Vedic system, they are innumerable, there are different rituals and different religious traditions but our Vedas have got a plethora (many many) of them, and trying to analyze one can become totally and completely confused from the morning, the time you wake till the time you sleep, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6luRLOryC8&t=286 8 however, the Vishnu Puran says that these rituals have two goals, the first, the first objective is to always think of God and the second objective is to never forget God - so that is the goal of these rituals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6luRLOryC8&t=324 9 So now if you have established your mind in God, you're not obliged to follow these rituals, but then don't criticize them because there are those for whom these are the means of purification. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6luRLOryC8&t=367 10 So Shri Krishna says, Arjun, those who are seeing “I am not the doer”, should not confuse those who are seeing themselves as the doer, they should engage them in proper actions prescribed according to the Vedas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6luRLOryC8&t=382Standby link (in case youtube link does not work)
#1 MISTAKE of a Spiritual Seeker - Never Do This! Shree Krishna Bhagavad Gita Swami Mukundananda.mp4
