Krishna's way of Living

RCMCP organised a speaker meeting with eminent Poet, Desendent of Aadi Kavi Narsinh Mehta, an  Authority on Krishna  celebration of  Janmashtami .
In his talks he made it clear that the distinction between love and attachment should be realised to liberate ourselves from the restraints of life. He elobarated his talks on Bhagvad Geeta and Upnishad.
He gave the messsage of Krishna s way of Living in very palatable and subtle way. Club members were engrossed with it.
The Bhagavad Gita informs, “One who does work which is worth doing is renounced, not the one who renounces activities.” Time, place and circumstances determine these duties that must be done.
 Love is a selfless service, while attachment is a strong feeling of affection for something. One can figure out if there is attachment by certain symptoms. One will be obsessed by the thoughts of somebody or something and will be unable to bear the thought of losing the same. We should never be attached to anyone or anything except God, because such attachment leads to suffering. lord Krishna has warned about maternal attachments in many verses of the Bhagavad Gita. And these attachments develop due to many reasons. The conclusion of Bhagavad Gita is that we should always do our duties without attachment because attachment is the root cause of suffering.
Our efforts are parts of the three modes and do not constitute the whole of it. We may assume that any success achieved by us is the result of our individual efforts, but that assumption is flawed; it is always the material nature which does everything. And these modes work under the superintendence of God. Practically speaking, we must consciously stop incessantly thinking about our bodies, jobs, businesses, profession, etcectra. However, the real solution is to switch our thoughts to God, otherwise it is difficult to control the mind. lord Krishna recommends this process in the Bhagavad Gita. Only then can our lives become sublime, not painful which attachments to bodies and objects make.
It was indeed a superb experienced , welcomed by the members.


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