A piece of wisdom from
December 16, 2018 · Sunday
The quote
“To do your work without grasping for its fruit is not weakness. It is the highest possible relation to action.”
— distilled maxim · The Bhagavad Gita
The concept
Dharma
The right thing to do, in your particular life, right now.
Dharma is the most translated and most mistranslated word in Indian thought. It is not religion. It is not duty in the dull civic sense. It is the right action, for you, in your nature, at this stage of your life, with the people in front o…
A practice for today
Before bed tonight, name one thing where the lesson of Dharma. The right thing to do, in your particular life, right now.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 7.7
मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय। मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव॥
“There is nothing higher than I, O Dhananjaya. All this is strung on me as pearls on a thread.”
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