Our endeavor play a part in determining the result, so does endeavoring more make the result more likely?

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question from Rajmohan we say that our endeavor also plays a part in determining the result so if we endeavor more does that make the result more likely answer first and foremost we don’t know whether that particular result is destined or not so that’s why like farmer when the farmer is plowing the field the farmer doesn’t know whether rains are going to come or not and that’s why farmer can’t say whether the grains are going to grow or not so that’s why it’s important for the farmer to put in the endeavor and similarly for us in whatever activities we are doing we should always put in our endeavor and we should put in our best endeavor so will greater endeavor increase the likelihood of the result we certainly see that Arjuna vigorously practiced the skills in archery and we also see that Bhaktsansur Thakur himself is Acharya but he spent many years doing austerities, doing vigorous studies of scripture and then after that he started preaching vigorously first volume is also called first volume is called Lifetime in Preparation so we see that if you look at the examples in the scriptures of our Acharyas we don’t see any dearth of endeavor, they do put in endeavor now the only question is, so that’s why there is no question whether we should endeavor or not we should endeavor to our best capacity but the only question would be that how do we differentiate between the best endeavor and how is over endeavor so generally speaking our life needs to have balance so if say somebody wants to do good distribution endeavoring in good distribution ok I won’t have time to do my chanting I won’t have time to study scripture I don’t have time even for eating or sleeping then one might be able to do that like that for some time but it will be like a meteor rises up and then falls back again so overall we need balance in our life and rather than worrying too much whether the result will come or not we can focus on trying to improve our endeavor so certainly we shouldn’t be lazy about endeavoring thinking that destiny may not come about and the idea of trying to correlate the probability if I increase the endeavor this much how much will the result become more probable that is something which is which is really not within our capacity to know so now in some situations it may be that ok some people may just not have some skills some talents because we are limited beings so then if somebody just has no say for example not much of a literary sense if that person thinks that by endeavor I will become a writer now that may not be the most productive use of one’s energy on the other hand that person has some other talent in which one can go and move forward and succeed in that that is fine that means there is see with respect to endeavor Krishna does not encourage Arjuna he has said in the verse swadhar better act according to your dharma so that means that Arjuna is being told that if you want to take up a dharma of a brahmana is it possible that by endeavoring a lot you will develop brahmanical dharma Krishna doesn’t recommend that so that means Krishna is definitely endorsing and encouraging endeavor but it is endeavor according to our nature now we may say that how do I know our nature but then over a little bit experience and observation and introspection can help us understand these are things which I am good at doing, I am comfortable doing these are things which I am not comfortable doing so that is a general understanding of our nature at this stage so endeavor when it is done without a proper balance of our other aspects of our life and endeavor when it is done against our nature then that is unlikely to increase the probability of the result and most importantly it will not produce a long term result of inner satisfaction and going closer towards Krishna but endeavor which is with the blessings of our devotee guides and endeavor which is more or less according to our nature that if maximized definitely even if the specific service result doesn’t come up immediately in the long run we will become more absorbed in service, we will become more purified and we will go closer towards the ultimate result of developing love for Krishna. Hare Krishna