Each and every work we do has its own outcomes. Most of us do our works with an intention of getting some output for our own enjoyments and we want to make us happy in that way. Now, Scriptures tell that by doing our works like this we ourselves create bondage for us. This is because; if we do works for fulfillment of certain desires then we are bound to enjoy the happiness or sorrow generated as the outcome of those works. If we are not able to finish the enjoyment of the fruits generated from the works performed in the current life itself then we are bound to take rebirth for that purpose.Scriptures tell that without enjoyment of the fruits, the potential force generated by performance of works can not be neutralized. Now, A tree can not come up immediately after sowing of the seed. Similarly reasonable time is necessary for getting the outcome of a work after its performance. Again, the meaning of happiness and sorrow may not be the same at all times. Because of the change in situations , the things that bring happiness at one time may be the cause of sorrow at another time . Thus the expected happiness at the time of performance of a work may be converted to sorrow by the time of getting the result of it.We get so many examples of this in the scriptures and in our day to day life . In Bhgatadgita, Bhagavata and other scriptures it is told that we are bound to do works, we can not remain without doing anything for a single moment. It is also told that the cause of the bondage, happiness and sorrow etc that we face in our life is not the works that we are bound to perform. The intention that we keep in our mind during performance of the works and the meaning of happiness and sorrow that our mind carries at a particular time is the root cause of all problems. Bhagavata tells that our mind is the reservoir of all kinds of desires. For fulfillment of those desires the mind creates our bodies, our qualities and activities etc and if nothing is done to control the mind, then this things are repeated for forever, that is , the uncontrolled mind leads one to an unending series of births and deaths. So spiritual practices essentially include the studies of the nature of mind and the performance of activities for refinement and purification of mind and this is called Tapah or austerity. Through his Satra Institution Guru Harideva brought these teachings of Bhagavata to the reach of the common people. (to be conrinued)
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