Today's Tarka Practice
Our focus this week will be on the Bhagavad Gita.
The Gita is one chapter out of the Mahabharata, which is one of the longest
Sanskrit epic poems from ancient India.
Yesterday, we were talking about the relationship
between dharma, duty, and purpose. Today, we will continue that discussion here,
so if you missed yesterday’s post, read that one before reading this one.
A second way to understand the relationship
between purpose and duty is this – it is our duty to fulfill our purpose. Hence,
our task in life is to find our purpose and then to do it. The deeper message
here is that when we are off the path - we are not finding our purpose or doing
our purpose (we are not living our dharma), we will experience pain and
unhappiness. However, when we are on the right path – we are moving towards our
purpose and beginning to practice our purpose (we are fulfilling our dharma),
we will experience joy and happiness.
So, our next task is to now write down in our
journals those things that bring us pain and unhappiness and those things that
bring us joy and happiness.
Finally, over the weekend, you can examine all of
your journal entries this week in order to begin to get a sense of what your
purpose in life is or what your duty is or what your dharma is. Go ahead and
write those things down. Keep this list. Build on this list and notice some of
the changes you begin to make in your life over the next few weeks.
Shanti
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