Happiness and joy comes from doing action in an intelligent way as per the advice of Lord Sri Krishna. All actions bring forth certain results and fruits of action in their wake. This cause and effect are inborn traits of prakruti, maya ('ma' and 'ya' (that which can be measured). Time and distance are also involved in this intricate relationship between cause and effect. This link, inevitably causing end result, is prompted by 'desire' that become seed for next birth has to be cut asunder in such a way that the action will not bring bondage. Every jiva is endowed with intelligence and this should be used to eliminate the consequences of actions. This can be done by abnegation of the self, offering the fruits of action to the Lord, or working for common good selflessly (loka sangrahartha) .
There is another angle or perspective to this. One can be happy and joyful without doing anything. This seems absurd in the beginning since everybody works to get something, attain something that give joy and happiness.This desire and action (iccha and sankalpa) runs the jivas on errands from pillar to post. This running after things desired by the mind and the senses, prompted and goaded by the ego stops the moment the jiva remembers the doctrine of maya. The world is a stage on which every jiva plays a role and acts with a mask! The role of a jiva may end but the play never ends! The jiva has to get behind the screen once its role is over. This is the rule. But many jivas do not understand this and get into trouble to continue even after its role is over! This is the reason why the jiva suffers.
The stages of life are well marked as childhood, adolescence, youth. maturity, and senile or old age. These are also marked by brahmacharya, gruhastha, vanaprastha and sanyasa ashrama states. A person should understand this and gradually drop one by one this states as he/she grows older and older and should be mature enough to take to sanyasa at the end. Little does the jiva know these when it takes birth as a human and runs the mill. Most of the jivas never mature enough to drop these earlier states and move on to higher and higher ones. Thus we see even old people behaving like kids! The Gita clearly state that one should take to study of scriptures and develop higher knowledge (paraavidya) paramarthika jnyana and attain to moksha (liberation of the embodied soul) through wisdom (viveka) and renunciation (vairagya).
The secret of attaining joy and happiness without depending on the external world is the central theme of the Gita. It is difficult to understand the secrets revealed by Bhagavan Shree Krishna in this regard. He, the Lord, no doubt says that He is revealing the secret of all the secrets (guhyatama guhyam) how to be permanently happy and joyful without any external support (upadhi). We are drawn by the attractions of the world due to the senses, mind, buddhi and the ego on the one hand and due to attractiveness and the power of attraction of worldly objects. Each and every sense organ has Devi or deity called Akarshinis, that controls both the attractiveness and the drawing power of objects as well as the outgoing power of the senses. Once we appeal to these Devata through mantra japa and gain their grace we will be able to overcome the worldly attractions. Each Devata has a mantra and the most powerful mantra is the Tarika- Om aim hreem |
There are also different mantra for different Devata such as the Days and nights.Each Day and each night of the Lunar days and nights has a specific name of the Devata and Her mantra. By chanting these regularly, the spiritual seeker can overcome the powers of attraction of the material world and conquer 'kaal' (Time) and days and nights disappear for such siddhi purusha (attained persons)!
When Bhagavan Shree Krishna says "sarvaramabha parityagi" meaning, one who does not work or even desire is dear to Me He means a yogi who is totally averse to worldly ambitions and desire to possession or enjoyment is dear to Me. He means vairagya and advises Arjuna to take to yoga to attain to samadhi and thereby merge in Him (in nirvikalpa samadhi). It is the attained persons who can keep quiet and enjoy all the joy happiness as explained in the Vedic verse on dva suparna (Two golden-feathers falcons) No amount of struggling in this world will ever bring ultimate happiness since what all one attains is subject to time, space and causation here. This will make the jiva realize the futility of worldly attainments and makes him/her turn towards the Lord.
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