Sunday, January 26, 2025
Philosophic Worship Service
11:00 a.m.
“Karma and Dharma”
Srimati Karuna, Minister
Sunday Bulletin
In the Bhagavad Gita, the dialogue of Krishna and Arjuna discusses Karma, or action, specifically that of nonattached Karma, action performed without attachment to the results. Every effort and every responsibility has a place in the infinite perfection of the cosmic law. This message of Dharma is also central to the teaching of the Gita. Drawing from the law of Karma and the ideal of Dharma, we pilgrim souls journey through various states of existence.
“Those who, taking refuge in me, strive to transcend the state of existence which is subject to the conditions of old age and death, come to the true knowledge of the absolute Brahman, the existence of Self in all, and the entire law of Karma.”
“I am in doubt regarding what path, harmonious with the nature of my present state of development, I should follow. I resign my finite self to my infinite wisdom, may it bring me illumination and guidance to the realization of eternal, conscious bliss.”
Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita 7:29 and 2:7
Translation by Swami Premananda
Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita: The Revelation of the Supreme Self
“There is no greater Dharma than the service of living beings. If this Dharma can be practiced in the real spirit, then ‘Liberation comes as a fruit on the very palm of one’s hand.’”
Swami Vivekananda
“Dharma is not merely a teaching about life. It is the way of all life itself. When one feels that Truth is more necessary to his happiness than comfort, and that harmony with a universal being is more powerful than the assertion of his separate ego; when he realizes that his ‘best course’ is what benefits all, then his freedom is assured. He has found the cosmic Dharma.”
Swami Kamalananda
Reflections on Still Waters