Based
off of the stories of the beginnings of the Mahabharata, our class launched
into a discussion about the Karma Theory - of how our actions in the present
bring about results in the future. Good actions (aka punya) bring about good
results while bad actions (paapa) bring out bad results. But like a credit
account, we rack up charges in both fields that must be exhausted through more
results... in more lives. So the cycle of birth and death continues. In order
to escape from this, one must learn to live without attachment to the results
of actions - that is to do the action for the sake of the action and not for
the sake of the result that may arise afterward. Example: To study so as to
learn material, not merely to get a good grade.
The
first step towards being free from all attachments is to imbue one’s life with
positive actions – and to do that, we first need positive goals. Check out some
of our students’ aspirations…
Section 2
September 29, 2013
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