Hobbies are things we do passionately in our free time for fun. People of all ages have their favorite hobbies that they like to invest their time in because it gives them happiness, relaxation and an opportunity to learn. Considering how much we enjoy engaging in our hobbies, is there a way we can make them a part of our spiritual growth?
Shree Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita said:
यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत् |
यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् || 27||
"Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer as oblation to the sacred fire, whatever you bestow as a gift, and whatever austerities you perform, O son of Kunti, do them as an offering to me." (Bhagavad Gita 9.27)
This implies that whatever activity we perform, we should mentally offer it to God. Now, whenever we perform any activity there are 2 aspects to it:
1) The external activity we do.
2) Our internal attitude towards it.
We could perform the same mundane activity with different consciousness and that makes all the difference. If an activity is performed by a worldly-minded person to increase his own comfort, wealth or fame, he gets bound by both good and bad karmic reactions. His karmic reactions result in his continuity in the cycle of life and death. Whereas, if a spiritually minded person performs the same activity for the pleasure of his beloved Lord, he renounces selfishness. Thus he is freed from the fretters of good and bad results.
A person who dedicates all his actions in the service to God becomes united in consciousness with God. Such a yogi becomes liberated in consciousness even in this body. And, upon leaving his mortal frame, receives a divine body and eternal service in the divine abode of God.
Thus by simply changing our internal attitude toward everything we do, we can reap great spiritual benefits. By transforming our internal attitude, we can transform even the mundane activities of material life into divine service of God. Therefore, let's take a step towards this transformation by dedicating all our hobbies to God. Earlier we engaged in our hobbies because it made us happy; now let us do them so that we can make the Lord happy.
Very nicely explained by Swamiji.A person who dedicates all his actions in the service to God becomes united in consciousness with God.
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DeleteSo true. Most life we spent all our energy and time to learn new skills & hobbies for few moments of bliss.
ReplyDeleteNow let's do the same actions but with a changed Mindset, i.e to do them for the pleasure of God, thus not only making them more blissful but also meaningful.
Yes very true!!!
DeleteWonderfully said, a person who dedicates all his action in service to God and becomes united in consciousness with God, Such a yogi gets liberated in this life.
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DeleteGenerally we perform worldly activities for our own pleasure, we have to practice that to divert and dedicated to our beloved God's pleasure.
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DeleteVery nice, this way we can engage our self in devotion more easily.
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DeleteSwamiji very nicely explain that by changing our internal attitude towards everything we do,we can transform even the activities of material life into Divine service of God.It is not so easy ,but we can attain it by sincere practice and the bliss of Hari and Guru.Sat sat naman Swamiji.
ReplyDeleteYes very nicely explained by Swamiji!
DeleteBy simply changing our internal attitude toward everything we do, we can reap great spiritual benefits !!
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DeleteIn very simple words a great secret is revealed by Swamiji that by dedicating all our deeds to God n make constant effort to please Him,our mind will be constantly engaged with God and do constant meditation which will enable us to perform an eternal service to Him in divine abodes.
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DeleteThank you Swamiji for revealing this effortless secret to sacrifice our deeds in the service of Lord; and this will change the paradigm of our existence.
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DeleteWe could perform the same mundane activity with different consciousness
ReplyDeletewe can transform even the mundane activities of material life into divine service of God.
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ReplyDeleteNicely Explained.Person who performs all his activities for the pleasure of the Supreme God and dedicates all his actions toward Him, he becomes closure to GOD.
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ReplyDeleteVery nicely explained by Swamijee. To attain God consciousness we just have to transform our mundane activities in our material life into divine service of God.
ReplyDeleteComplete surrender makes devotee receive God's grace. Radhey Radhey!
ReplyDeleteA person who dedicates all his actions in the service to God becomes united in consciousness with God.
ReplyDeleteVery good article. Thank you Swamiji for revealing this effortless secret to sacrifice our deeds in the service of Lord; and this will change the paradigm of our existence.
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ReplyDeleteWhen we change our internal attitude even our mundane day to day activity become service to god. Thank you for sharing this knowledge.
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DeleteExcellent article! I never realized making God happy is so easy. In fact it is easier to keep God happy than our family members :)
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