Timeline for Why should one do his duty?
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| Feb 11, 2017 at 14:53 | comment | added | Swami Vishwananda | read the Gita. And then read it again. And again. It explains why you should do your duty even with the knowledge of Advaita. | |
| Feb 11, 2017 at 1:40 | comment | added | Pandya♦ | For Loka Sangrah | |
| Feb 10, 2017 at 18:46 | answer | added | Yogi | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 10, 2017 at 18:21 | comment | added | Lokesh | To add on it further, there's story of Bhim, Bhasa and Drdha in Yog Vasistha. They were demons endowed with self-knowledge, full of dispassion. They considered world as of no value. They were ruthless warriors, killed Gods and finally had a battle with Vishnu after nobody could defeat them. In spite of their wrong doings they were liberated after they died. Why was it? | |
| Feb 10, 2017 at 18:06 | comment | added | Lokesh | Take for instance story of Jada Bharat who meant to save a deer son from ferocious animals so kept it with himself but unfortunately got attached to it which then became barrier in his way to enlightenment. | |
| Feb 10, 2017 at 18:04 | comment | added | Lokesh | But wouldn't you agree holding virtues is also part of an illusion. If I know everything is for vain. Why should I hold good virtues? | |
| Feb 10, 2017 at 17:50 | comment | added | Tezz | @Lokesh we aren't sure that when we are going to be realised... so virtues are necessary so that it provides us good birth and situations in case we are not able to be realised... so good work and Dharma is necessary....Buddha told "Dharma is like a boat. One has to ride in it to cross the river. But it is not necessary to carry after crossing the river." | |
| Feb 10, 2017 at 17:47 | comment | added | Lokesh | Then why not just do the bare minimum to keep yourself alive. Why go through all the trouble to do the right thing, doing your duty, have all the good virtues, etc. Like Krishn told Arjun in the battlefield. Wouldn't it be just fine if Arjun hadn't fought the war and do the bare minimum just to keep himself alive? Why fight the war? There's in fact risk that Arjun could have died in that war. He in fact should have ran. Shouldn't he? | |
| Feb 10, 2017 at 17:46 | comment | added | Tezz | @Lokesh It's because You know world is Illusion.. but you are not experiencing world as Illusion.. when you really experience world as Illusion then you do not have to do anything... That's the real knowing... | |
| Feb 10, 2017 at 17:42 | comment | added | The Destroyer♦ | Everything in reality is not true or just Maya. But you can't live without eating food. If anyone beats you, you feel the pain. You just know "concept" but you really don't feel it as illusion. Once you really perceive it as illusion, you don't need to work or food. | |
| Feb 10, 2017 at 17:38 | comment | added | Lokesh | Illusion is in reality. So what? That doesn't make it real. Illusion is still an illusion. Knowing it is an illusion and still pretending its not an illusion (by doing our duties) seems hypocrisy to me. No offense just putting my point. If you think I am wrong please correct me. | |
| Feb 10, 2017 at 17:34 | comment | added | Lokesh | Our goal is to realize the Paramarthika satya so why bother with Vyavaharika satya at all? | |
| Feb 10, 2017 at 17:26 | comment | added | The Destroyer♦ | Illusion is in reality. We live in Vyavaharika level not at Paramarthika level. So, we must do our dharma (duty) with dharma (righteousness). See this answer. | |
| Feb 10, 2017 at 17:12 | history | asked | Lokesh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |