Lord Krishna's WARNING: What If
You DON'T Do Your Duty? Bhagavad Gita - Swami Mukundananda Karma Yog
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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 26 Chanting “Verse”: the wise should not create discord in the intellects of ignorant people who are attached to fruitive actions (कर्म कांड) by inducing them to stop work, rather by performing their duties in an enlightened manner, they should inspire the ignorant also to do their prescribed duties.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-lvPLSTcYo&t=75
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Shri Krishna says in this verse, Arjun, the great personalities, they have a responsibility, what is that ? that others should not be misled by them, this is a big responsibility.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-lvPLSTcYo&t=109
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There is this story, you see, this i told you, the saints preach according to the level of the students or the people they find so, when the Buddha came 2500 years ago, He did not accept, He did not discuss the presence of God, even though He is the avatar of God Himself
He did not talk about God, in Buddhism, there is no God in Heian Buddhism, why ? because he saw the level of the people at that time, they were misinterpreting vedas, they were engaging in wrong customs in the name of devotion, they were exceedingly involved in the rituals,
so the Buddha said if this is the way you are practicing vedic knowledge, it is better that you don't follow the vedas, and He took them away and said just cleanse your heart, so His one message was cleanse your heart this is the essence of it all and He inspired people on this path, all right your rituals and all is fine but this is the essence of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-lvPLSTcYo&t=133
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And there was a time when the whole of India was covered by Buddhism, it had spread everywhere and it was for the benefit of the people, however the journey had to continue, they had to be taken further,
so then of course you know that Shankaracharya came and brought back the vedas but before Shankaracharya came, Kumarila Bhatt, some of you may have heard his name, the guru of Mandan Mishra, he found everybody in Bharatwarash practicing the Buddhist philosophy, not accepting the vedas he said I have to do something about it,
he was an empowered acharya, so he first of all went and studied Buddhism in the Buddhist monasteries from Buddhist gurus and when he understood the philosophy deeply, then he said all right, now I shall engage in debate with you and engaging in debate with them he defeated them,
so he established the rituals, he brought everybody back into the vedas, you know this ritual is important, this ritual is important, the Mimansa Darshan, the Karm Kand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-lvPLSTcYo&t=221
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now he did his work selflessly only for the welfare of the people, he had no wrong intention but then he started thinking that people will misinterpret my actions,
this is his responsibility people will misinterpret they will say that he got knowledge from the gurus and then defeated them, this is guru droh (द्रोह), so he said, I must do prayschit (प्रायश्चित) (repentance), how to do it ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-lvPLSTcYo&t=305
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so he lit a fire of Tush grass the Tushanal (fire from Tusha grass), which burns very slowly and he sat down on that fire, this is my repentance for doing guru droh even though I did it with good intent but I don't want others to be misled or to endeavor to copy me, so he was sitting on this fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-lvPLSTcYo&t=341
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and along came Shankaracharya, Shankaracharya's task was to take people higher beyond the rituals, beyond Karm Kand, into gyan, into knowledge and the biggest acharya at that time was Kumaril Bhatt,
so Shankaracharya came to engage in scriptural debate (shastraath) with him but when he reached Kumarila Bhatt, he saw he's sitting on this Tushanall fire he said I had come to engage in shastraath (scriptural debate) with you, Kumaril Bhatt said it's not very convenient to have shastraarth right now because I am being slowly roasted on this fire by my own choice
but my disciple is no less than me, Mundan Mishra, you go and debate with him, in his defeat I will accept defeat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-lvPLSTcYo&t=374
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so the famous debate took place. Shankaracharya went to Mundan Mishra and then they had this long discussion and finally Mundan Mishra was defeated, Kumaril Bhatt realized that although he is doing the right thing, it should not set a wrong precedent for the general public
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-lvPLSTcYo&t=430
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similarly Shri Krishna says, Arjun, the enlightened souls if they leave all duties, nothing to do with parents, nothing to do with this they are not wrong, they are absolutely right, but there will be then those who will prematurely start copying them
and they will neither do their duties to God nor to the world, so they will not become karma yogis or Karma sanyasis, they will become Vikarmis, so that is why Shree Krishna says, Arjun, the path that you choose you must keep this criteria in your mind
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Transcript
Intro
0:03
when the buddha came 2500 years ago he
0:06
did not discuss the presence of God
even
0:09
though he is the avatar of God Himself,
0:12
He did not talk about God
0:14
so his one message was to cleanse your
0:17
heart, your rituals and all is fine
but
0:20
this is the essence of it, of course
you
0:22
know that Shankaracharya came and
0:24
brought back the Vedas, he established
0:27
the rituals, he brought people back
into
0:30
the vedas, you know this ritual is
0:32
important, this ritual is important,
0:34
Why ?
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 26
Chanting
“Verse”
1:15
the wise
1:17
should not create discord
1:20
in the intellects of ignorant people
1:23
who are attached to fruitive actions
1:27
by inducing them to stop work
1:31
rather
1:32
by performing their duties
1:35
in an enlightened manner
1:38
they should inspire the ignorant also
to
1:42
do their prescribed duties.
1:49
Shri Krishna says in this verse, Arjun,
1:53
the great personalities,
1:57
they have a responsibility,
2:02
what is that ?
2:04
that others should not be misled by
them,
2:09
this is a big responsibility.
2:13
There is this story,
2:15
you see, this i told you, the saints
2:17
preach according to the level of
2:19
the students or the people they find
2:23
so, when the Buddha came 2500 years
ago,
2:28
He did not accept, He did not discuss
the
2:31
presence of God,
2:33
even though He is the avatar of God
2:35
Himself,
2:36
He did not talk about God,
2:40
in Buddhism, there is no God
2:42
in Heian Buddhism,
2:44
why ? because he saw the level of the
2:47
people at that time,
2:49
they were misinterpreting vedas,
2:52
they were engaging in wrong customs in
2:55
the name of devotion,
2:57
they were exceedingly involved in the
2:59
rituals,
3:01
so the Buddha said if this is the way
3:03
you are practicing vedic knowledge, it
is
3:06
better that you don't follow the vedas,
3:11
and He took them away and said just
3:14
cleanse your heart,
3:22
so His one message was cleanse your
3:25
heart
3:27
this is the essence of it all
3:30
and He inspired
3:33
people on this path, all right your
3:36
rituals and all is fine but this is
the
3:38
essence of it.
3:41
And there was a time when the whole of
3:44
India was covered by Buddhism,
3:48
it had spread everywhere and it was
for
3:50
the benefit of the people,
3:53
however the journey had to continue,
they
3:56
had to be taken further,
3:59
so then of course you know that
4:01
Shankaracharya came and brought back
the
4:03
vedas but before Shankaracharya came,
4:06
Kumarila Bhatt,
4:08
some of you may have heard his name,
the
4:10
guru of Mandan Mishra, he found
everybody
4:14
in Bharatwarash practicing the Buddhist
4:16
philosophy, not accepting the vedas
4:20
he said I have to do something about
it,
4:22
he was an empowered acharya,
4:25
so he first of all went and studied
4:27
Buddhism
4:30
in the Buddhist monasteries from
4:32
Buddhist gurus
4:34
and when he understood the philosophy
4:37
deeply,
4:38
then he said all right,
4:40
now I shall engage in debate with you
4:44
and engaging in debate with them he
4:47
defeated them,
4:49
so he established the rituals, he
brought
4:53
everybody back into the vedas, you
4:55
know this ritual is important, this
4:57
ritual is important,
4:59
the Mimansa Darshan, the Karm Kand
5:05
now he did his work selflessly only
for
5:08
the welfare of the people, he had no
5:10
wrong intention
5:12
but then he started thinking
5:14
that people will misinterpret my
actions,
5:19
this is his responsibility
people will
5:24
misinterpret
5:26
they will say that he got knowledge
from
5:29
the gurus and then defeated them, this
is
5:31
guru droh (द्रोह),
5:35
so he said, I must do prayschit (प्रायश्चित) (repentance),
5:39
how to do it ?
5:41
so he
5:42
lit a fire
5:44
of
5:45
Tush grass
5:47
the Tushanal,
5:49
which burns very slowly
5:53
and he sat down on that fire,
5:57
this is my repentance
5:59
for doing guru droh
6:01
even though I did it with good intent
6:03
but I don't want others to be misled
6:07
or to endeavor to copy me,
6:10
so he was sitting on this fire
6:14
and along came Shankaracharya,
6:17
Shankaracharya's task was to take
people
6:20
higher beyond the rituals, beyond Karm
6:23
Kand, into gyan, into knowledge and
the
6:26
biggest acharya at that time
6:29
was Kumaril Bhatt,
6:31
so Shankaracharya came to engage in
6:34
scriptural debate (shastraath) with
him
6:37
but when he reached Kumarila Bhatt, he
saw
6:40
he's sitting on this Tushanall fire
6:43
he said I had come to engage in
6:45
shastraath (scriptural debate) with
you,
6:48
Kumaril Bhatt said it's not very
convenient to have
6:50
shastraarth right now
6:53
because I am being slowly roasted on
6:55
this fire
6:57
by my own choice
6:59
but my disciple is no less than me,
7:01
Mundan Mishra,
7:04
you go and debate with him,
7:06
in his defeat I will accept defeat,
7:10
so the famous debate took place.
7:13
Shankaracharya went to Mundan Mishra
and
7:16
then they had this long discussion and
7:18
finally Mundan Mishra was defeated,
7:24
Kumaril Bhatt realized
7:27
that although he is doing the right
7:29
thing,
7:31
it should not set a wrong precedent
for
7:34
the general public,
7:37
similarly Shri Krishna says, Arjun,
the
7:40
enlightened souls
7:42
if they leave all duties, nothing to
7:44
do with parents, nothing to do with
this
7:47
they are not wrong,
7:49
they are absolutely right,
7:51
but there will be then those who will
7:54
prematurely start copying
7:56
them and they will neither do their
7:59
duties to God
8:01
nor to the world,
8:04
so they will not become karma yogis or
8:07
Karma sanyasis, they will become
8:10
Vikarmis,
8:12
so that is why Shree Krishna says, Arjun,
8:15
the path that you choose you must keep
8:18
this criteria in your mind
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