Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga - Part 1- Karma as Dharma

Chapter 4 Part 1

Reestablishing Dharma

Everyone should do their karma without any attachment to its results. Karma should not be done with the feeling of 'I am doing' and the result should not be enjoyed with the feeling of 'I am enjoying'. Everything should be surrendered to the divinity. Only this kind of karma will give ananda and peace from within.This way of karma yoga was revealed from the beginning. That means every functioning of cosmic bodies were performed as unselfish karma. Sun, moon, air, fire, water etc. in the atmosphere do their duties as their own dharma. This way of performing own karma as dharma for the benefit of everything in the universe were followed by the peoples also without any fail. Several kings in ancient times followed this karma yoga and became rishis. By adopting those ancient path they realized the truth and enjoyed eternal peace and ananda. By following kings, peoples also stood in the path of karma yoga. But when time passed, this karma yoga was forgotten and faded. Peoples happened to move away from dharma. They lived for their own selfish motives. By doing karma as adharma they lost athmananda and peace. By this time, dharma is in decline and and adharma is in rise in this world. But to save dharma and to destroy adharma, the forgotten path of karma yoga will be reestablished from time to time. Means, dharma will not be destroyed completely. Even if dharma is in decline for sometime, dharma will be re-established by itself.

Soul has no birth, no decay or no death. But soul fills within every object in this universe and govern everything. This soul using its sakthi (energy) produces everything by its maya. So, every creation are done by the soul or Brahma. All karma are governed by soul. That is the reason all the natural phenomena are working by following a natural principle. Whenever something happens to destroy this principle, the soul itself will take off to re-establish dharma. Soul or Brahma is the reason for every creation and every karma and at the same time the very soul itself establish and reestablish every karma from time to time. Based on this principle, the result of every karma done also is given by soul. Whoever wishes whatever, the soul gives results accordingly. For people who worship deities or devas or gods to gain certain worldly things, the results are given by the soul or Brahma based on their desires.

Whoever understands this and live following dharma courageously will attain Brahma. Those who conquer desires, fear and anger and who engage in athma vichara and see athma in everything can attain athma sakshathkara (realization of soul). Soul is not affected by any of these karma or karmaphala. Soul becomes free from all karma when karma is done swadharma. Those who understand and experience this truth are not bound by karma.