Chapter 5 Lesson 3
Not the Doer

My note:

Before I go on to what Krishna says in the Geeta next, we need to understand another Hindu concept.
The above concept claims that one is not really the doer!
Please do not smirk and dismiss. Read on!
The Vedanta concept claims that the real 'I' is not the doer, it is the 'Witness'.
In Indian parlance, Witness is the ‘Saakshi’.
Difficult to understand, no?
Lord Krishna says in Verse 6 of Chapter 5, that (not only is the above concept difficult to understand but also) it is difficult to accomplish.
Krishna says that he who knows the reality of things, must believe, even though seeing, hearing, smelling, eating or drinking, speaking, answering the calls of nature, grasping and opening or closing the eyes, that he does nothing, holding that it is the senses that are moving among their objects.
Krishna urges that one must keep ones mind fixed in God, master ones mind, identify oneself with (ones)true self, offers all ones actions to God, shake off attachment, reaches Brahma (God) in no time as one remains untainted even though performing action.


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