Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 3, Verse 5
न हि कश्चित्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत्।कार्यते ह्यवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृतिजैर्गुणैः ॥3.5॥na hi kaścitkṣaṇamapi jātu tiṣṭhatyakarmakṛtkāryate hyavaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛtijairguṇaiḥ
Meaning
No one can stay without acting even for a moment. Everyone is driven to act, whether they wish it or not, by the gunas (basic qualities) of nature.
हिंदी में अर्थ
कोई भी व्यक्ति एक पल के लिए भी बिना कर्म किए नहीं रह सकता। प्रकृति के गुण हर किसी से, चाहे वह चाहे या न चाहे, कर्म करवाते ही हैं।
Practise it today
Since you will be doing something every moment anyway, choose three moments today and ask: "Is this what I want to be doing right now?"
Reflect tonight
In those three moments, were you choosing your actions or just drifting? What changed when you noticed?
ActionNature of the worldMind
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