The world sees results, Krishna sees efforts

Talk in the Middle East

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That are there in society. We are not the doers.
The famous verse 3.27. That those who think that they are doers. They are in doing. Now.
What does it actually mean. If you consider. The end of the Bhagavad Gita.
There Krishna is telling Arjuna that. That. Now you deliberate.
And then you decide what you want to do. So what you want to do. Means that he is telling Arjuna.
You are a doer. You have to do something. And Arjuna also.
In 10 verses later in 18.74. He states that. I will do your will. This also means that.
Arjuna is going to do something. And we also practically see that we do things in our life. So what does this verse.
Mean when it says that. Material nature is a doer. And.
To think ourselves as a doer is. Illusion. That is the answer to the 18th chapter.
In. Krishna talks about. The various factors that are the components of action.
And there he states. One who thinks that. I am the only doer.
Such a person is actually a doer. He thinks that. I am the only doer.
So what does that mean. Actually. Whenever any action happens.
There are three factors involved. These three can be analyzed further. But suppose.
Say a person has robbed a bank. After they have robbed the bank. Then.
The police come and arrest them. And the judge sentences. Them to jail for say six months.
Or one year whatever. So now. In this the person going to the jail.
There are three factors involved. The first is. A person’s own action.
Robbing the bank. Second is the police arresting. And third is the judge sentencing.
So like that. In all the actions that we do. There is a jiva.
There is a prakriti. And there is a ishvara. All three are involved.
So jiva is we are say the soul. So we are also doers. We desire.
And then we initiate the action. Then after that. Prakriti executes.
And then the paramatma. He sanctions. So for example.
For example when a. Say a cricketer is batting. And the cricketer wants to. Say hit a sixer.
And now the cricketer wants to hit a sixer. And the batsman. At that time the batsman desires.
When the batsman desires. At that time. That’s the first thing.
But sometimes even the best batsman. Who has hit that same shot. Maybe hundreds of times before.
Sometimes the batsman just missed. The line of the ball in a clean bowl. Sometimes they say that the batsman.
I am out of form now. Or people say the batsman is out of form now. And no batsman wants to be out of form.
So what makes him out of form? It’s not that if you look at them physically. It’s not their muscles have become weaker. Or anything like that.
So. Actually at that time. Their action.
Their talent. Their ability. It is not just their ability alone.
Actually it involves. Even the tool. That is not just the body.
But the body and the mind together. And sometimes. Based on the way the bones are influencing.
The tool may not be conducive. And that ultimately means. That the super soul.
Doesn’t shine. So. A batsman’s batting talent.
Is not that batsman’s talent alone. That is within. Ultimately it is God’s gift.
And that’s why. Sometimes the batsman is able to bat very well. Sometimes the batsman is not able to bat at all.
The Bhagavad Gita stresses. That when we think that we are the soul doers. Then we are illusion.
To think that I alone am the doer. That is illusion. Yes I desire to do it.
But after I desire to do it. For it to be executed. The batsman.
Wants to hit a sixer. But to be able to hit that. Apart from his own desire.
Apart from his own practice. Apart from his own action. There are other factors.
Which have to correlate. So. Sometimes the ball may pitch.
And suddenly the batsman hits the bat. But misses the line. So at that time.
The material nature. That also has to cooperate. And that cooperation.
Is determined by the Supreme Lord. So in our life. Whenever we are trying to do anything.
If we. Keep it in mind that. We are not the soul doers.
If we think I am not the doer. Then I will. I will become.
Irresponsible. I will become apathetic. I will become lethargic.
And that is not the way we work at all. Neither in life. We do things.
So to say that I am not the doer. That is wrong. But to think that I am the only doer.
That is illusion. Sometimes we may have the intention to do. But things may not work out.
And. This is where there is a crucial difference. Between how the world.
World sees us. And how Krishna sees us. That the world.
Sees us primarily. By the results. And unfortunately.
The results are not in our control. And that is why. We may sometimes feel.
That I am being judged by something. Over which I have no control. So a batsman.
You want to bat very diligently. But somehow something goes wrong. And the batsman doesn’t bat.
The selector says. We want to drop the batsman. Not perform well.
So the world sees the results. And the results are not in our control. And that is why.
If we base our self worth. Our inner security. On how the world sees us.
Then we will always feel secure. Today I feel good about myself. And others are praising me.
And tomorrow if others are criticizing me. Others start neglecting me. Then I feel.
Am I worth anything? I am just negligible. I am negligible. We will start feeling insecure and inferior.
But. Krishna. Doesn’t see us.
Krishna sees us in the world. Krishna is. As it is said.
Krishna says. If you offer him. A fruit, a flower.
Anything. Very ordinary. But you do it with devotion.
I accept it. And for him the devotion is more important. And.
We see this in the Ramayana. When a squirrel. Is carrying some dust particles on her back.
The Vanaras. Are carrying big boulders. And Ram says.
I am equally pleased with both. Why? Because the squirrel is doing according to her capacity. Ram does not see the result.
He sees the endeavour. And. Whenever we are doing anything.
In Bhakti. Krishna sees. What is our endeavour.
How much are we striving to do something. And if we. Strive according to our capacity.
Krishna appreciates that. And Krishna rewards that. So when we.
If. We consider Sri Prabhupada’s life. Sri Prabhupada.
Has focused his eyes on trying to. Get success in the world’s eyes. Then.
He faced so many difficulties. So many reversals. He tried to.
Start a business and he was hoping that. By the money from that business. He will find his faith in Masterjee.
But that business did not work out. He tried 2-3 different businesses. They did not work out very well.
Then he tried to start a magazine. Back to work for some time. But then people were not interested.
Nobody was taking it. Then he tried to help the God brothers. And they had no vision to expand.
Then he started his own organization. League of Devotees. But in the place which was going to be his headquarters.
There were some political issues against him. And he was driven out of there. Then he started going from house to house.
Distributing his books. But then a cow ran over him. And almost left him unconscious.
Finally. Somehow he got enough. Resources to go to America.
He got a heart attack. So he reached America. And he was staying in a house.
But the watchman of the house. Only stole his tape recorder. And his guitar.
Finally he went to some other place. And he was trying to preach over there. One young man became interested.
Wanted to become his disciple. But then one day that young man took drugs. Went crazy.
And tried to attack Prabhupada. And Prabhupada had to run away. Practically speaking.
Just flee from that place. Just to save his life. And he was homeless.
He threw it all. There was practically no chance. Seemingly that there had been some success.
There were so many results. How could Prabhupada have persisted? It was not just his willpower. His willpower was great.
But it was also his spirituality. That in the Islam. Even if Prabhupada had.
Not made any disciples. Not made any devotees. Still in Krishna’s eyes.
Prabhupada had done his part. Prabhupada had done his part. He had done everything that he could.
For trying to share Krishna’s message. So some of us. When we are trying to do some services.
We may be recognized. In the world. Some of us may not be recognized.
But. That is also a part of karma. Some people get fame.
As a part of karma. Some people get wealth as a part of karma. Some people don’t get that.
Some people get fame. Some people get recognition in the eyes of the world. Some people don’t get recognition in the eyes of the world.
So this is not determined. By our present karma alone. We may work very hard.
But we may not get the results. But we will be recognized. In the eyes of Krishna.
He has captured the scenery. The feeling. His eyes never blink.
It always moves. Whatever we are doing. And he sees that.
And he rewards that. One who blinks his eyes. And one who does not blink his eyes.
So there. Baldevidya Bhushan. In his commentary to that section.
He states that. He says. There are two contradictions.
Krishna blinks his eyes. And Krishna does not blink his eyes. So he says that.
If a devotee is trying to serve Krishna. And the devotee commits some mistakes. Krishna blinks his eyes.
And overlooks the mistakes. And he gives the example. Of Putana.
Putana came with a malicious intention to kill Krishna. Krishna closed his eyes. And Krishna saw.
She has. Maternal affection for me. She is offering her best to Krishna.
Saw that good part. And elevated her to the level of a nurse. Uninvited.
The lord never blinks his eyes. This means that. When a devotee is rendering service to Krishna.
Krishna unblinkingly. Knows every service. And rewards with a new course.
The example for this is. Draupadi. I will tell the story.
Later we will be telling to the Mahabharata of how. Once Krishna and Arjuna. Were talking in Indraprastha.
And Draupadi came there. And she offered some fruit for him. And because they were talking confidently.
She just left without actually offering the fruit. So Krishna took a knife and started cutting the fruit. When he was cutting the fruit.
Knife slipped from his hand. And he just cut his finger. Some blood started coming out.
Draupadi saw that immediately. Without looking here and there. Just pulled off a part of her.
Silk saree. And she started bandaging it. She was in anxiety.
Krishna was smiling. Krishna told her. I will remember this service.
And I will reward you. And how will Krishna reward her? Indraprastha. Unlimited saree.
So when we. So this is the law that we are worshipping. That.
Krishna. You know. He is not there to catch us.
When we do wrong. You did wrong now. I will punish you.
Krishna is not there to catch us. When we do wrong. Krishna is there to catch us.
When we fall. When we do something wrong. Krishna is there to catch us.
And he is there to lift us up. And by keeping our vision on this. Compassionate nature of Krishna.
His merciful nature of Krishna. Even when things are not. Working out in this world for us.
We are doing what we can. And things are not working out. By keeping our eyes fixed on Krishna.
We can still perceive him. Ultimately. Krishna guides.
Thank you very much.