Life-Cycle

One afternoon,a jolly man was sitting and relaxing on a beach.A writer who was passing by sat next to him.He introduced himself and asked him what he did for a living.

The man said, “I am a fisherman”.

Writer, “Why are you sitting alone?”

The fisherman “My friends have gone for the second round of fishing.I am relaxing”

Writer, “Why didn’t you join them?”

Fisherman, “I finished my first round of fishing in morning.I do not want more money…so no second round for me.”

Writer, “With more money you can save it for the future”

Fisherman, “Then?What do I do?”

Writer, “You can get married”

Fisherman, “Then?What do I do?”

Writer, “Then you can have children”

Fisherman, “Then?What do I do?”

Writer, “Then your children will grow up and they will earn for you.”

Fisherman, “Then?What do I do?”

Writer “Then you can just relax.”

Fisherman, “Then,what am I doing now? Just now also I am relaxing…Why you are advising me go through this vicious cycle?”

The above story is interesting and it can convince a workaholic person to relax.

The opposite side of this ideology is Karmayog for the people who are too lazy.Karmayog is about working as a duty.Without Karma it’s not possible to exist.If you have eyes,they will see.If you have ears they will hear.By the way,that is also Karma. So Karma is a continuous process.Therefore one should do it gracefully and dutifully and not try to escape from it out of laziness or any other reason.

For more about Karmayog,you may refer to Chapter 3 of Shrimad Bhagvadgita.

For the cool and new generation,you do not need to read but can listen to Shrimad Bhagvad Gita in 3 hours flat as it is available in Hindi/English Versions in CD(MP3) or cassette at ISKCON temple at Juhu.You can hear this same content absolutely free of charge at the following link

http://www.gitamrta.org/

Enjoy yourself !

Cheers !

Hitesh