Thank you very much for posting this

Why does an all knowing and powerful God allow so much " real " suffering in this world. From a relative or worldly level, vyavaharika sathya, the suffering is real. In our professional life we see real physical, emotional, relationship , financial and a combination of all these in a days work. If there is some answer it will be from the Law of Karma that we have to pay for our past karmas . This should lead us to a deeper study of Vedanta which says that the only solution is to get out of the relative world through Guru Shastra Upadesha. How do we as those neither in Paramarthika but exposed to scriptures handle our own suffering and those of others we come across ? 1. Through sharanagathi , I trust by Lord so fully that I cheerfully bear all my pains and suffering 2. From a Paramarthik angle, all this is mithya or a lower order of reality. Do whatever is possible to mitigate the suffering but do no give it too much importance.

Vivekachoodamani Notes - 13 Oct 2020 Prepared by Ullas Satsanga is the ultimate spiritual practice. It corrects our notions by changing our vision from virtual reality to actual reality. Guru is recognised first as a body, then as an ability within us to learn from every experience, and at last sat chit ananda Brahman. We all have infinite potential and finite time. Life is making best of these two by invoking the potentiality without any leakage through sense organs, unwanted thinking etc. We do Karma all our life, eventually get frustrated and then look for a higher anchor. We must succeed and then give up (not directly) or else regrets will come. Having attained a human life, desire for liberation and a great guru, if we still indulge in selfish pursuits and not put consistent efforts to gain knowledge to become self-oriented, then we are nothing but fools. Infinite number of actions cannot get us liberation.

Nice write up Dr Komal. This FIR is an excellent tool for all spiritual seekers to see if the spiritual knowledge has made any difference outside the class room. How frequently I get upset ? How intense is the upset ? We do get upset but the real proof of spiritual wisdom is that the intensity will be less and the recovery will be faster.

Some of Swami Anubhavananda's wisdom on Karma Yoga 1. Do whatever you do with 100% involvement. 2. Do it as if you are doing it for someone you love. 3. Keep yourself busy. 4. You dont have to prove anything to anyone. 5. Let the joy be in the very action itself.

The 4th chapter of the Gita speaks of Inaction in action as the most important aspect of Karma Yoga which very few can understand. My understanding is this. Any action has consequences like benefit or harm, sukha or dukha phala and so can continue the cycle of birth day death. Inaction in action means to work in a way that there is no sense of I am doing it. No ego. An skilled way to allow it to happen effortlessly by you. Be a skilled facilitator.

Arjuna is a representative of a regular student , full of doubts and problems like anyone of us. It is easy to relate to the teaching by having such a student. If he was like Ashvalayana Rishi who could say Mai eva sakalm jatam after listering to 18 mantras than we cant easily relate with him.