Ideal behaviour

|| योग: कर्मसु कौशलम् ||

Mananeeya Eknathji gives here a very important principle of life. May it be social life or otherwise. It is applicable to everyone and so its importance needs to be underlined by everyone. Eknathji says : As Karyakarta observes others he too is observed keenly by others
When you go to a new place, you are eager to learn about the people and other relevant things and in your enthusiasm to put in your successful effort; you forget that people are equally inquisitive to learn about you. They watch your activity, your behaviour, the things that you talk about and the way you talk, the circumstances which you face and the people to whom you talk; everything is critically watched. If you are on your guard and move properly, well and good; otherwise, if you are wrong you get kicks and together with your reputation, the work also suffers.

Hence, it is always necessary to have very ideal behaviour on the part of the karyakarta.

Be skillful in performance

|| योग: कर्मसु कौशलम् ||

Mananeeya Eknathji says with all these various aspects, the karyakarta has to do  his work  in such a way that would enhance the organisational objectives. But it all requires skillful handling. He says : There is need of competency or skill in behaviour in each and every task that we do.
When a life worker of Vivekananda Kendra goes to his field of work, he has to be properly equipped. We teach major items, but minor details of vital importance are sometimes neglected. The success of an individual depends much on these small matters as well. A person may be intellectually well-equipped, but if he is deficient in other qualities, success evades him. He may possess dedication, sacrifice, renunciation etc. but for want of practical knowledge he proves to be a failure. His competence depends on this knowledge. He has to deal with men and matters, but if his temperamental make-up is inadequate, then he has to repent. This tact or skill in behaviour is termed as Yogah Karmasu Kaushalam (B.G.XI-50). Skill in performance of actions, is Yoga. For want of this skill, every effort is a waste.

How to have skill in performance of action?

work for work's sake

|| योग: कर्मसु कौशलम् ||

Mananeeya Eknathji tells to be an instrument in the hands of Divine, - the Organisation to take care of the ego that keeps disturbing. He further says the attitude towards work is - siddhya- asiddhyo nirvikarah - Work for work's sake
There is an eternal desire for the fruit of actions and it is the urge that impels a person to strive for success. If success is not desired, the student will not study his lessons. If there is no ambition for victory in the battle, the General of the Army will be inactive. But the philosophy here is that we work only for success. There is greater pleasure and blessedness in working for work's sake. The question of failure or defeat does not arise. Effort in no case is inferior to either victory or success, it is not less important. Do the work chosen by you or entrusted to you, to the best of your capacity and aspire for the highest goal. In a drama when one plays the role, one has to identify oneself with the role. It may be the role of Rama or Ravana or Hanuman. After the drama is over one does not think about the role.
Take delight in the work then, success and failure will not affect. In your life-mission, do your duty with zeal, enthusiasm and firmness, getting neither elated by success nor dejected by failure. People may comment, criticize or appreciate. It is left to them. In fact, they have no locus-standi to criticize or appreciate, because they do not have the proper perspective of the situation. Hence, they have no right to evaluate and to judge. It is not their sphere at all. Have delight in the work you do and be indifferent to censure and praise, success and failure.
Tulya Ninda stutihi…- Bhagavad Gita XII.19
Sama sidhdhavsidhau cha … - Bhagavad Gita IV.22

Be Anahamvadi

|| योग: कर्मसु कौशलम् ||

Mananeeya Eknathji next takes up Anhamvadi - ego-less - without ego one should do the work. Ego affects Karyakarta at all stages; so acquire egolessness by constantly reminding yourself that you are an instrument. The ego gives energy, strength and power to work. This ego, self, is to be merged in the Self Supreme. This "I" is liquidated and something great takes its place. Man has to evolve from Tamas to Rajas and from Rajas to Sattva.

Once a visitor requested Swamiji to give him the experience of God-realization. He was such a lazy, passive and inactive person that it was essential to rouse him from subhuman Tamas state to Rajas. Swamiji asked him to steal something first and then come to him.

Unfortunately, for us, many Tamasic things go under the name of Sattvika in our country. This is an insignificant "I" but it works wonders when it takes possession of a person. We are in the habit of constantly referring to the "I" in our talks and people become obsessed by it. Jnaneshwar, the Marathi saint-poet and mystic has rightly indicated that this ego is more with the intellectuals and makes them undergo many a misery. He says
Naval Ahankarachi gothi na lage ajnanachiya pathi
Jhombe jnaniyachiya kanthi nana sankate nachati – Jnaneshwari XIII.82
"Miraculous is the behaviour of this ego. It does not approach an ignorant person but gets upon the neck of an intellectual person and makes him dance to its tunes." It is most difficult to efface this "I". The only way to get rid of it is to treat yourself as a tool of something higher and conjoin yourself with the transcendental. Do not project yourself as the doer of any activity. We find that God having created this marvelously vast universe has hidden Himself. How much more it behoves us to be self-effacing!

differentiate bet desires n desires

|| योग: कर्मसु कौशलम् ||

Mananeeya Eknathji understands the innate nature of every worker. But from there one has to advance, become Sattvik Karta - an Ideal Worker and so striving is very much needed. He therefore says that the intense yearning for God-realization helps to get rid of worldly attachments. Attachment to the worldly things is but the nature of man. We calculate three Eshanas or aspirations of man. (i) Vitteshana or the desire for wealth, (ii) Putreshana or desire for a son, (iii) Lokeshana or desire for fame. There is a fourth aspiration, Adhikareshana or desire for power. The second one is for the sex instinct and for perpetuation of the family. This desire leads to adoption of a son if one has not any. As a matter of fact, one does realize that some aspiration is essential in life which provides the petrol that moves this machine to activity. But there is difference between desires and desires.

The desires of the body-mind complex are to be abandoned as they make a man extrovert and make him run after the objects of the world which are transient. But the desire for God-realization should be an attachment. The attachment for the worldly life should definitely be withdrawn. The bare necessities of life are a must and so long as there is a necessity of keeping body and soul together to achieve a mission, these cannot be abandoned. The physical and mental life must be continued but there should not be lust (Lipsa-Lalasa) for fulfillment of mundane hungers. The aspiration for God-realization is the yearnings of the soul. It is a transcendental aspiration.

An Ideal : Sattvik Karta

|| योग: कर्मसु कौशलम् ||

With the three vows : Purity, Aprigraha, Implicit Obedience cleared, Mananeeya Eknathji places the ideal in front of us in the form of Sattvik Karyakartas. He says :
 The Bhagavad Gita has described such an ideal worker. The small verse, in a very helpful and forceful manner, provides us a peg to hang our thoughts on about a social worker. The verse gives the description of a Sattvika Karta (A pure worker).

Muktasangonahamvadi dhritutsahasamanvitah
Sidhdhyasidhdhyornirvikarah Karta Satvika Uchyate
– Bhagavad Gita XVIII.26
"Freed from attachment, non-egoistic, endowed with courage and enthusiasm and unperturbed by success or failure, the worker is known as a pure (Sattvika) one." Four outstanding and essential qualities of a social worker are enunciated in the verse.
(i) "Freed from attachment, (ii) ego less, (iii) bubbling with fortitude and enthusiasm and (iv)indifferent to success or failure.
The Western philosophy teaches us that man works through ego only. The more the attachment for the action, the more is the energy and the impetus, is the axiom accepted by it. In this verse, we have an apparent contradiction, no doubt, but herein lay the uncommon feature of our ancient culture which has been practiced through ages and is even available to this day.

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"For dedicated service to the cause, we have renounced everything and if the robes become a hindrance, we will renounce even the clothes of a Sannyasi. Our dedication shall be pure and clean as the white clothes themselves. We must be free from all bindings and hindrances; we must be as free as air so that we can move with ease and confidence. The more free we are, the more able we will be to serve. Of course, the bare necessities of life, to maintain the body in a good condition, we shall have only as an apad-dharma (an act of urgent necessity), to enable us to achieve the goal."

-Ma. Eknathji

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Aparigrha

|| योग: कर्मसु कौशलम् ||

Mananeeya Eknathji tells us here about Aparigraha - an important vow that a worker of the Kendra takes. He says : 
In this non-Sanyasi order there are three vows just as for a Sanyasi there are three vows. There are also in non-Sanyasi order there are three vows – vow of obedience, vow of purity and vow of simplicity – Aparigraha. You leave everything and live a simple life of Aparigraha. Aparigraha means you have things which you really need and nothing more. How to decide what I need, what I want?

. . . . . . Anything when you want, ask this question. 'Is it required for me? Is it necessary for me? Can I not do without it?' If the answer comes 'yes' you can do without it then forget it. That is the only test. When one says for simple life what is the test? What is the simple life? What is the measure? Measure is this: whenever your eyes are set on something ask this question. 'Can I not do without it? Is it so necessary? And if the answer comes, 'Yes, you can do without that' then simply forget about it. If you think, 'Well, can't do without this because for physical health. I have to work with this apparatus, physical apparatus I have to work. I have to keep myself fit. It is necessary to keep myself physically and mentally fit as I have to work with this apparatus. It is necessary for my maintenance, up keep'. Then by all means take it. This is the measuring rod.

vows

|| योग: कर्मसु कौशलम् ||

Initially Mananeeya Eknathji explains as to how in the life of a Sannyasi, these three vows are taken and followed. Ours is a non-sannyasi order but that is only regarding the taking up of gerua. As far as the attitude towards life is concerned, each of the worker is sannyasi within. Eknathji explains:
A Sanyasi when he takes to this path, he takes to Diksha from his Guru who initiates him in Sannyas. He takes Diksha, Sannyas Diksha and he is to abide by the directions, injunctions given by the Guru. He has to obey. Obedience to Guru. Guru dictates. Guru's directions he has to obey. So obedience becomes an integral part of the Sanyasi life. He is free as air, but he is bound by the dictates of the Guru. Obedience is the integral part. Then celibacy is also equally an integral part of Sannyas. He has to lead the single blessedness. He has to take a vow of celibacy. Vow of obedience. He also takes a vow of Aparigraha, non-possession, non-accumulation. He doesn't want a house. He doesn't want a shelter. He doesn't care for food. He is a-niketan. So the vow of Aparigraha. Parigraha means acquisition. Aparigraha means nonacquisition. Parigraha means possession. Aparigraha means non-possession.

So these three Vows a Sanyasi has to take. Vow of obedience, vow of celibacy and vow of Aparigraha. Aparigraha means austerity, uncertainty, because he doesn't store anything for himself. He has no house and doesn't store for tomorrow. He will not have even some luggage. At the most he may have a Kamandalu and he may have a staff and few clothes and he wanders all over the world. Even in non-Sanyasi order of our concept, there are three vows which everybody has to take.

Three Vows

|| योग: कर्मसु कौशलम् ||

Mananeeya Eknathji asks each of the worker to follow three vows. He says :

People must feel on critical scrutiny that the moral rectitude and the essential attitude of a Sannyasi towards life are equally present in the worker. We call our order a NON-SANNYASI ORDER and not a household as well as a Sannyasi order. Taking into consideration the strength and capacity of an individual, he has done the maximum renunciation within his reach. He takes three vows (i) Shuchita (or purity, and not of celibacy necessarily), (ii) Aparigraha or non-possession, the guiding star of a life either married or celibate; and (iii) implicit obedience to the organization, a resolution of mind to follow rules, regulations, policy etc., of the organization most rigorously.

evaluate on touchstone of essential necessity

|| योग: कर्मसु कौशलम् ||

Mananeeya Eknathji cautions the karyakartas here. He tells them to find out your own grove and not just emotionalise anything or imitate anybody. He says : Though paths are many and lead ultimately to the same goal, still everyone has to evaluate his capacities and potentialities and then select the path. In the framework of the activities to be carried out and austerities to be observed, one should not be carried away just be emotional fervour in the beginning and then be disappointed later on. There should be no occasion at all for any one to repent afterwards for the path chosen or the course followed. Therefore, one must weigh one's strength, hidden aptitudes and possibilities, and if celibacy, though desirable to keep oneself absolutely free for maximum utilization of energies for service, is not possible then one should use the second line of defense and get oneself married. This course of marriage is not with any cravings, but it is just a strategy to guard oneself in the eventuality of a biological necessity. It should be regarded as such and not as embarking on the career of a married life. Lust, possession, ownership, etc., are all out of question here. It is to be treated just as a safety-valve. This married life should be as simple as possible with a few wants, like that of a monk, with minimum necessities of life. Each desire and craving is to be tested and evaluated on the touchstone of essential necessity. It should be a life with no increase in want and no addition to hungers. Aparigraha or non-possession and non-accumulation should be a solemn vow. Even in the company of the better half one must, on comparison, prove to be not less than a Sannyasi in every respect except this one minor factor.

Yogakshemam vahamyaham

|| योग: कर्मसु कौशलम् ||

"Yogakshemam vahamyaham" is the promise that Lord gives to His devotees who have the thought of God alone in their minds round the clock. Mananeeya Eknathji has taken "Service to Humanity is Worship of Divinity" the objective of the Kendra for the rejuvenation of Bharat. Naturally, each of the Life Worker works with this in mind and there is no other thought. Therefore, understanding Yogakshemam would be very important.

Kshema is retaining or protecting what you have acquired. Retention of what is desirable and what you want. Retaining the extra weight that you have gained is not Kshema.

Yoga and Kshema appear together in a compound, so the meaning for yoga is acquiring what you do not have. And it must also be desirable to you.

Look at normal life of any person. All his concerns can come under one of these two. What is it that bothers him? Just think of any one thing. It will either be about something he wants, yoga or something he is afraid to lose, Kshema. He has no peace; he wants to gain it—yoga. He does not have enough money; he wants to gain some —yoga. He is losing his hair, his health;  he wants to retain them —Kshema. Yoga and kshema indicate a lot about the life of a person. If yoga-kshema is taken care of, everything is taken care of.

The Lord says, 'I take care of these for those who are always non‑separate from Me—nitya-­abhiyuktanam yoga-kshemam vahami aham.' He always think -chintayantah mam - inquire into Ishwara and also seek Ishwara - paryupasate. His object of prayer is to find Ishwara alone. He says, 'So I pray to know where you are, what you are.' After finding Ishwara what does he want? He says, 'Nothing; only to know that I am one with You.' The object of his prayer, the pursuit is only Parameshwara. He does not use Ishwara for gaining limited ends. He only seeks to know him. he is not anxious about looking after himself; nor is he afraid of what will happen to him. He is with Ishwara and non‑separate from Him and has no concern for his own Yogakshema. Whatever happens, happens. Everything, even the desires, are all in the hands of Ishwara. Since he recognises the law of karma as non‑separate from Ishwara, whatever takes place is Ishwara for him. He does not use Him to protect his Yogakshema but Yogakshema is taken care of by Lord himself in the form of the laws of karma. So he has no concern about his Yogakshema. 

This attitude is what will make one steadfast in Aparigraha. When God in the form of Organisation, in the form of Society takes care, thinking and working for the Organisation, Society is the only objective and that is what is to be done. One therefore, need not possess anything. He is looked after by Organisation, the Society.

Aparigrah

|| योग: कर्मसु कौशलम् ||

Mananeeya Eknathji stresses on the qualities that the Life Worker should possess / cultivate. The first one is : Discipline of Aparigraha and Aniketa – no special attachment to any thing or place including home
We have full faith in Lord Krishna's promise when he says in the Bhagavad Gita "Of people, who worship me, meditating upon me with single-minded devotion, I look to their needs, as they are always bent upon me."
Ananyashchintayanto mam ye janah paryupasate
Tesham nityabhiyuktanam Yogakshemam vahamyaham -Bhagavad Gita IX.22

About the daily needs of a worker of our organization, he worries the least, for he believes firmly that the Lord will provide. He strictly follows the discipline of Aparigraha (non-possession) and Aniketa (non-possession of a house). A Sanyasi does not stay at any place for more than three days, lest he should develop an attachment to the place. We also must not have any special affinity for anything or any place. This mental make-up makes us fit instrument for the work.
Progressively the life-worker cultivates and develops renunciation through steady efforts. He has left his personal attachments for his near and dear relatives and friends to the extent that he is lost to every one of them. He gives training to himself as well as to his near and dear ones, so that they also forget him in due course. Showing interest in them in the events of their life or even remembering them becomes dangerous to the work. He is absolutely unconcerned with the functions and incidents of relatives. He uses different tactics and devices to renounce worldly ties. He becomes absolutely free to pursue the path he has chosen.

God Realisation thru WORK

|| योग: कर्मसु कौशलम् ||

What is meant by Non-Sanyasi? Mananeeya Eknathji explains this. He says : Non-Sanyasi means no external appearance of a Sanyasi but Sanyasi in mind
Ours is and shall be a Non-Sannyasi order. Why not call it a householder (Grihastha) order? There is sound reason for this. Though technically, so far as the external appearance is concerned, we shall not be Sannyasis, still we will be Sannyasis in mind. We may not have the injunctions and bans and bindings that Sannyasi has to observe, but excepting this, we shall not be less than Sannyasis in any respect. We do not even aspire to be Sannyasis at any time. Our plan of life is God-realization but it shall essentially be through work, worship, psychic control and philosophy. We do not reject Sannyasa in toto. We shall make use of it whenever and wherever possible and necessary.
Our God-realization shall be predominantly through work only. Here saffron-coloured clothes command respect in society and according to convention saffron-coloured clothes deserve and demand service, but we want to mix with the people in the society as one of them and offer them the best possible service. So clothes of a Sannyasi would be an obstacle. They create a distance between the individual and the society. We want no distance, no inhibition, and no separateness. Then only we can render service. We have no personal or family life, no personal career and cravings.
For dedicated service to the cause, we have renounced everything and if the robes become a hindrance, we will renounce even the clothes of a Sannyasi. Our dedication shall be pure and clean as the white clothes themselves. We must be free from all bindings and hindrances; we must be as free as air so that we can move with ease and confidence. The more free we are, the more able we will be to serve. Of course, the bare necessities of life, to maintain the body in a good condition, we shall have only as an apad-dharma (an act of urgent necessity), to enable us to achieve the goal.

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"Our life is projected by the basic bodily needs for sustenance such as food, and shelter is necessary to protect oneself from heat, cold, wind, rain and against dangers. These are the basic wants and vital necessities.
But apart from wants, there are cravings in the life of a man and they are different from needs. Desire for a particular type of food, sexual hunger and such other hankerings are cravings and not wants. Sexual hunger is described as a biological need, but it is not a thing without which man cannot live.
Wants are most essential for survival, but cravings are not; one can live without a craving. One will not die if one does not have costly, attractive dress or savings or house or similar possessions. These cravings are innumerable and a permutation and combination of them presents a good picture. They arise out of a sense of possessing or owning something."

-Ma. Eknathji

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• रायपुर के योग वर्ग के कार्यकर्ताओ द्वारा श्री कृष्ण जन्माष्टमी :  विस्तृत
  
  
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• Yuva Mahotsav and Universal Brotherhood Day at Nagpur :  Read More
  
  
• Universal Brotherhood Day Programme at Amravati : Read More
  
  
• Universal Brotherhood Day @ Jammu : Read More
  
  
• Universal Brotherhood Celebration at  VKV Tezu :  Read More
  
  
• Universal Brotherhood Celebration at  VKV Kharsang :  Read More
  
  
• Universal Brotherhood Celebration at  VKV  Kuporijo : Read More
  
  
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Yuva Bharati : September 2015 Universal Brotherhood : Will there be relief for Humanity from the strife and struggles it is undergoing? Can peace and love engulf us in a way that we dream? Can the world live in peace without the threat of religious fundamentalism? These doubts loom large as we ponder about the future. We all know that India, with its wonderful philosophical treasures packed with wisdom can provide an answer to all these doubts. When swami Vivekananda addressed the parliament of Religions with those epoch making words "sisters and brothers of America", he was not propounding any new hypothesis to the World. He was only echoing the age old ideas practiced in our country by every individual. But it was a new exposition to the western world. :  Read Online : Subscribe Online   Single Copy : Rs.15/-;     Annual : Rs.160/-;    3 years : Rs.460/-;    10 years : Rs.1,400/-   Foreign Subscription :     Annual - $40 US Dollar;     Life (10Years) - $400 US Dollar   YuvaBharati E-Magazine : Preview : Read it in your multiple device iOS, Android, Web, Amazon, Windows 8, Samsung : Subscribe E-Mag   केन्द्र भारती : सितम्बर २०१५   श्री  कृष्णा अंक  : मनुष्य के जीवन का ऐसा कोई कोना नहीं है, जिसे कृष्ण ने न छुआ हो। जिन्दगी के हर पहलू पर कृष्ण की नज़र रही और बड़ी संजीदगी के साथ उसका सरल समाधान भी दिया। वैसे तो हर युग में अनेक महापुरुषों ने लोगों का मार्गदर्शन किया, परन्तु अकेले कृष्ण ही थे, जिन्होंने जीवन के सभी आयामों पर गहरी दृष्टि डाली और सहज, सरल अनुगामी दिशा-बोध दिया। संपूर्ण जगत् के मानव मन की व्यथा-कथा को जानते हुए, श्रीकृष्ण ने ऐसे-ऐसे अद्भुत उपाय प्रस्तुत किए, जिनको अपनाकर प्रत्येक व्यक्ति अपने जीवन की संपूर्णता को आसानी से प्राप्त कर सकता है। ईश्वर-अवतार तो कई हुए हैं, लेकिन कृष्ण जैसा हरफनमौला-आलराउन्डर मिलना मुश्किल है। लगभग सवा पाँच हजार बरस पहले के लोग और समाज कैसा रहा होगा, आज से काफी उन्नत। फिर भी उनको कृष्ण की जरूरत पड़ी। मानव स्वभाव की शायद यही नियति है, जो हर युग में अपना रंग दिखाती है। : विस्तृत   विवेकानन्द केन्द्र कन्याकुमारी की मासिक पत्रिका "केन्द्र भारती" सदस्यता विवरण : http://prakashan.vivekanandakendra.org/periodicals/kendrabharati   वार्षिक        : रु 150/-;    त्रि-वार्षिक   : रु400/-;   पञ्च-वार्षिक : रु 600/-;    संवर्धक : रु 3,000/-   केन्द्र भारती  E-Magazine : Preview : Read it in your multiple device iOS, Android, Web, Amazon, Windows 8, Samsung : Subscribe E-Mag http://emag.vkendra.org

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