24 May 2021
[Ms. Laxmi Thryloka asked: Pādanamaskāraṃ Swami, Thank You for everything. It is said, 'manasyekaṃ vacasyekaṃ karmaṇyekaṃ mahātmanām' meaning the one whose mind, word and action correlate is a Mahātmā. But this contradicts with the definition of Rājayogī who acts as an ordinary person in the world hiding one's love for God in mind. Here, word and action are not in unison with mind. Kindly enlighten us about this. -At Your Divine Lotus Feet, Thrylokya]
Swāmi Replied:- The heterogeneity of mind, word and action is criticised when the result is bad harming self or others. I always told that every quality has both good and bad sides. The above said is the bad side of the heterogeneity. The good side of this quality is that if such heterogeneity helps the self in right direction and helps others also in the same right direction, the person having heterogeneity in such context is a great person or Mahātmā. A person having homogeneity even in the context of harming self and harming others is a bad person or Durātmā. A statement told should be taken in its proper context. Becoming angry and beating good people is bad and in this angle, the anger is bad. But, the same anger in the context of bad people becomes good. Rāma is said to be the most perfect good person and is said to be the embodiment of justice and peace (Rāmo vigrahavān Dharmaḥ…- Rāmāyaṇam). The same Rāma is said to be angry person and a beating person in the context of bad people (Sthānakrodhaḥ prahartā ca…- Rāmāyaṇa). Hence, when I say that Rāma is a peaceful person, its context is different and when I say that Rāma is an angry person, its context is entirely different. One statement pertains to one context only, which is one side of the coin.
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