God Focuses Not On What Sins We Have Committed But On Where Our Heart Is Committed Gita 09.30

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God focuses not on what sins we have committed but on where our heart is committed when we practice spiritual life and try to live according to certain principles of purity we often feel bad when we have lapses and relapses when we succumb to our impure desires we may feel that I am so fallen, I am so sinful how can I approach God why should God care for me while certainly such feelings of repentance are good because they can deter us from repeating those wrongs and they can inspire us to become more fixed in doing the right thing at the same time our negative actions should not make our conception of God negative the Bhagavatar reveals a vision of God who is not judgmental he is considerate compassionate, caring and certainly there is the law of karma which works under his supervision and actions do have consequences but Krishna’s concern is not so much what all wrongs we have committed but his primary concern is where we are committed where our heart is committed sometimes our conditionings may impel us to do wrong even against our will and when that happens we just need to be patient till those conditionings weaken through the steady practice of purification and Krishna accepts us in such situations in 9.30 in the Bhagavad Gita it is stated that so he says that even if somebody does grievous wrong doing but if they are if they are serving me with devotion with their resolved determined, undeviated in serving me that means that even if the conditioning pushes us to do something wrong but our resolve to serve the lord doesn’t weaken and we resume the service as soon as force of the conditioning subsides then Krishna says that which person should be considered well situated because the determination is rightly placed the heart is in the right place so Krishna sees where our heart is committed if our heart is committed to him then he is pleased with that so pleased in fact that he calls such devotees even if they are occasionally doing something wrong he considers them sadhu which can mean good or which can also mean saintly and the next verse states that kshipram bhavati dharmatma Arjuna know that those who are devoted to me will never perish what will happen? because their intention to serve me is strong and by that intention and the resulting connection there will be purification and thus whatever impurities are there within them will gradually go away so therefore it is important for us to not lose heart and stay determined in the practice of bhakti by which gradually the impurities will decrease and will eventually disappear Thank you