Morning talk by Rev.swami shitikantananda 1/07/2024

 Morning Talk by swami shitikantananda                                                                    1/07/2024

Disclaimer! "Swamiji(shitikantananda) says some words in Telugu that are translated into English into colored text."

Topic: Work and it's secret

chanting:

ॐ सह नाववतु ।

सह नौ भुनक्तु ।

सह वीर्यं करवावहै ।

तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु मा विद्विषावहै ।

ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः

Om Saha Nau-Avatu |

Saha Nau Bhunaktu |

Saha Viiryam Karavaavahai |

Tejasvi Nau-Adhiitam-Astu Maa Vidvissaavahai |

Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih ||

ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय ।

तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय ।

मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय ।

ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

Om Asato Maa Sad-Gamaya |
Tamaso Maa Jyotir-Gamaya |
Mrtyor-Maa Amrtam Gamaya |
Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih ||

Swamiji starts:

Good morning! Shubhodhayam! Guten Morgen! (English,Telugu,German respectively)

So everyday before I come to prayer I get a WhatsApp message either from Arun or Karthik, the message is "Maharaj what is today's topic" then I have to give them topic, so today I have chosen "Work and it's secret" as topic, so we shall cover two quotes.

QUOTE 1: You should work like a master and not as a slave, work incessantly but do not do slaves work pay as much attention to means as to the end 

QUOTE 2: Misery comes through attachment no through work as soon as we identify with the work we do we feel miserable but if we do not identify ourselves with it we do not feel that misery

work in itself doesn't give us pain, what gives us pain and suffering is our attachment to the fruits of action, that's why our philosophers have asked us, you know learn to work with detachment, know the secret of work. How is that possible swamiji you all say right? see our body is designed in such a way you cannot remain without work, okay? even if you are not given any work even if you don't want to do any work, mind will be constantly active, continuously thoughts will keep coming.

Holy Mother Sharada devi have said whenever somebody would go to her negative thoughts are coming, she would ask what are you doing? I'm not doing anything , no no do something, because you are not doing anything negative thoughts are coming,

If you don't do anything handling the mind will be very difficult many people come to us to join sometimes when we say to do work they will say swamiji we have come here to meditate we came to do adhyatmika sadhana work we will do outside also why should we come all the way here to the monastery so we don't want to work, work is a kind of disturbance, hindrance, it is hindrance to tapas so give us more time to meditate we did not come to work, ok when We say do meditation all day we will send food 3 times for the day we will send you food for three times a day, you don't have to do any work okay? but the condition is you should not come out because you don't want to work, when you don't want to work why should you come out? no cell phone no laptop will be given right? now all the hell will break lose, that's why holy mother sharada devi said "engage yourself in some action don't remain idle" don't remain idle, you cannot handle mind if you remain idle the easiest way to control mind is to constantly engage ourselves in some work, but people say that because we have some lazyness that is instinctively <<<so we avoid work>>> but do not do that, see our road through Mukti is in and through work, that's why in the Bhagavat Gita, Krishna said    actually , where did he teach Gita? in the battlefield what is meant by battlefield? an intense place of activity, maximum alertness is required you see that is the place where actually your mind you constantly you have to see where the enemy arrow is coming or you know the spear is coming, so there actually our lord actually Krishna had preached the Bhagavat Gita, in the midst of intense action he preached and he told arjuna:

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।

मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥ २-४७

Karmanye vadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadachana,

Ma Karmaphalaheturbhurma Te Sangostvakarmani { In roman scripts}

oh arjuna you have right only to fight not to expect the fruit not to look at the result, you just consider yourself as an instrument in my hand and work 

तस्मादसक्त: सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर |

असक्तो ह्याचरन्कर्म परमाप्नोति पूरुष: || 19||

tasmād asaktaḥ satataṁ kāryaṁ karma samāchara

asakto hyācharan karma param āpnoti pūruṣhaḥ 

when you learn to work with detachment you will attain supreme, see most of the time our energy goes waste because of this calculation, we all have calculative mind, why should I do this? you get out of that mindset, anyway the body will grow old and we'll die one day so when death is inevitable Swamiji(Vivekananda) says work like a horse and die, work like a lion, so that's how actually tremendous energy will come when you go out of this calculation, anyway you will get it if we work with detachment we will be able to work like a lion, all the latent energies all the full potential actually will find expression that's why Swamiji(Vivekananda) is saying "work like a master never work like a slave" when you have calculative mind what will I get? why should I do? do how much you can do  fruit will come, nobody can prevent we will get what we deserve, there is no force in this universe which is competent to prevent you from getting what you really deserve, so work like a master, work like a lion, the problem is so much of energy so much of talent is waster because of calculative mind, so once you learn the secret of action you know art of action, you will be able to manifest your full potential you full energy your full capacities will find expression that's why Swamiji(Vivekananda) would say again and again work like a master never ever like a slave. How much of work did Vivekananda do 10 years (29 years to 39 years) he shook the world how that became possible for him, he died at the age of 39 he gave up his body, in 10 years that kind of work he did the world looks at you know ah!

Because he had no expectations on the fruit of action, he was a true karma yogi he could do so much of work, Thankyou have a nice day.