Musings on the Bhagavad-Gita

Thank you very much to Shri Kuppa Viswanadha Sarma garu for explaining the Bhagavad-Gita slokas in detail. Most of us have known the essence of Gita & also some of us have read from the books to understand the meaning of slokas. But, the perspective from scholar who understands Vedas, Upanishads, nuances in Sanskrit , professor in law adds life to the content of Gita because it is very close to what Sri Krishna & Arjuna have in their minds when this happened. Some of the important points that helped me give new perspective are as follows,
1) Do Swadharmam
2) Have No expectation
3) During free time - Chant God (concept mananam)
4) Don’t get confused with tri gunas - na dwanda (Ragam-Bhayam/Dwesham-Krodham)
5) Focus on work/process not on results - Athri maharshi, Brahma garu - no anxiety 
6) Do Sath Karma - Be in Sheryo margam - one step is good but it should be in right direction
7) Paramatma cannot be perceived with five senses - it is beyond and once known nothing else is bigger than that
8) Budhdhi saranam gachchami - tatva gnanam
9) Reduce desires
10) Everything is Eshwara anugraham & Eshwara Arpanam
11) See eshwara in everything and every task - perform with that devotion 
12) Tatva Gnanam - No Papa or Punya is attached to the individual 
13) Nishkama Karma examples below, 

• Draupadi Devi giving cloth to yogi and in return Lord gave unlimited saree

• Thayagaraja Swamy - Nidhi chaala Sukhama Sri ramuni Sannidhi Chaala sukhama

• Pothana garu, Rama dasu garu

14) Key is same to lock or unlock - Karma is the key - Nishkama Karma is to have no attachment on results - janma rahityam
Partha - one who wants to understand paramatma - tatva Gnanam
Partha sarathy - one who drives partha 
 
15) Nirvedam - Vairagyam - should be indifferent not leaving everything but not doing everything but not attaching oneslef to it.
16) Responsibility-Desire-Goal framework to segregate tasks & assign priority
17) Sthitha Pragnatha - no desires but happy internally
18) Saswatha Anandam - Paramatma 
19) Sthitha Pragnatha - 

• Be responsive not reactive, don’t get excited with happiness, don’t get bogged down with failures. Also, being unhappy can lead to obstruction of goals.

• Control of senses is most important activity for a sthitha Pragna. Remember tortoise. Senses merge with objects to create thoughts fooling the individual to think that the object is greatest of all. But it fades with time and ultimate object is paramatma. 

• Sthitha Pragna realizing this gives no importance to these objects and only focuses on goal - paramatma 

20) Focus on objects is the root cause of all Misery. Objects —> desire —> strong desire —> intelligence is lost —>  total destruction. Only solution is control senses and put focus on Lord
No Ragam, No dwesham - being not attached is key for liberation. Only ponder on Eshwara not on any objects 
Aja/Dwaja/Yaja
21) Anger is reaction of nano-second imbalance. Patience is the key, don’t mix anger with ego and react. Be patient. Durvasa maharshi example. Control of manassu is the key which when in control, senses can be controlled. Horses will be in control only when charioteer is efficient. 
22) Krishna says Gnanam is better than Karma, but asks Arjuna to follow Karma & hence Arjuna enquires the reason behind the same.
23) Krishna answers as Yogo Yogasya Desakaha
Yoga at a stage will prepare for and take you to next stage
Karma Yoga - do it diligently and eventually paramatma will guide to Gnana Yoga
(Mareechi - Karma Yoga, Sanakadhi maharshi - Gnana Yoga)
24) When talking to elders have Anagha - no sinful thought, asking with humbleness, respect to other individual who's more experienced & willing to help you to come up.
Partha - one who wants to understand paramatma - tatva Gnanam
Partha sarathy - one who drives partha 
25) Leaving Karma is easy but Nishkama Karma means doing karma but not getting attached 
26) No Asakthi - not result driven and not the doer - Eshwara Arpanam is the only way to prevent oneself from repeating life cycles and for Hrudaya sudhdhi and Manasu Sudhdhi
No sangam - as sangam leads to desire and anger and lost focus
Yogah Karmaya Kousalam - karma yoga
Do right things with Karmendriyas
Gnanedriyas to 🧘‍♀️ focus on god
Niyatham - things do as human being and general duties - can’t leave this, one has to do 
Namasmaranam - niyatham ga 
Muktha Sanga: - 
Yagnam - work which are sweet to Paramatma 
Don’t lose family and spirituality for promotions
27) When lord Brahma created human beings, he gave Yagnas for them to do (only humans). So Yagnas are more like siblings to humans
Do your rightful duties (Yagnas) and appease gods
Gods with respect to Paramatma will guide to ultimate truth in Shreyo margam
Gods are among human beings who have done right things and reached a good state towards Paramatma 
28) Every Indriya has it’s own Raga Dwesham 
Only solution is to keep Raga Dwesham in Control and not be controlled by them
Raga Dwesham are like robbers eating your Punyam all the time, be aware
Vivekachoodamani example on hunter playing flute to attract deers which may stop running for its life
Budhdhi should be governed by sastriya pravruththi (intellectual contemplation)
For any action, do cost benefit analysis 🧐 and do have long term view, don’t look for short term benefits
29) Complete belief & love towards God is what is required for every seeker
Kama leads to Krodha
Kama is highest disorder
Kama hides Gnanam like dust on a mirror
Kama has no end
Kama is enemy in disguise 
Wise keep distance from Kama even when it is in small proportion as Kama slowly grows and eats Gnanam along the way
There is no end to Kama and the ideal way to deal with Kama is to not have it
30) Every result of Karma is based on Karma. Seekers should just focus on doing Karma & not on results from Karma. Seeker should keep continuing Karma even when when enlightened (Eg: King Janaka, King Raghu). God has no attachment to Karma as he's not doing anything for result. Just for duty sake, we should be doing Karmas.
31) No Karma to Athma
Heat the Karma Seeds with Agni called Gnanam 
No Kama on any object
Moksha is best Medicine to reduce Kama
Be satisfied all the time - as satisfaction is due to Tattva Gnanam
NithyaTruptha
Nirasheyah - don’t depend on anyone
But Do Karma with full devotion 
No phala for Karma
32) Don't get attached to any object. Desire is outcome of sensual experience of an object. Think of opposite way, the way on which kama on a object is preventing Gnanam. Kill that Kama. Don't have any desires towards objects. Do Karma just for the sake of body maintenance. If not followed, face the consequences of Karma & be in this matrix of maya forever.
Objects < senses < Manassu < Budhdhi < Atma/Gnana Swaroopa chaitanyam
Sthoolam --> Sukshmam
Evam Budhdhe param budhdhva --> Turn Budhdhi inwards towards Atma from outward objects
Control senses through Budhdhi/Manassu & kill Kama
Kama is like a Dog, as long as you feed biscuits, dogs won't leave you. As long as you experience sensual joys, senses cannot be in control. Control, Reduce, Stop desires.
33) Have no expectations on any thing like food, clothes, objects etc., Do the duty as per the right thinking, raise to a state called "Dwandateetam" (Jeevanmukthi). Gnani doesn't entertain "Nachchakapovadam" or "I don't like this". So no Kama/Krodha & hence Karma doesn't bind him. Be in "Sama" state irrespective of what is thrown on face. Hence, there is no lethargy in his behavior. He does everything that is required from him (does his duty). Gnani's body like spinning wheel turning even after stopped.
1) Sanaka, Sanadhi maharshi - Born Sidhdhi (Nithya Sidhdhi)
2) Janaka maharaja (Doing Karma perfectly but not binding to it as they're Jeevanmukthi) - Earned Sidhdhi
3) Paramatma - Just to inspire people (Above & Beyond)
34) See Brahma in everything
Asthi
Bhathi
Priyam
Namam
Roopam
Sat - Asthi
Chith - Bhathi
Anandam  - Priyam
Sat Chith Anandam - Brahma
35) Yogam - concentrating mind on one thing ( Patanjali maharshi) - Chitta Vruththi Nirodham
Samadhi - deep state with no thoughts
Swadhyayam - moksha Sadhana prayathnam
Danam, Tappasu, Yama Niyamalu, Swadhyayam, Gnanam
Progress towards Yagnas - follow Niyamams diligently towards Moksham
Eswara Pranidharam - Eshwara Arpanam
Gain Unlimited Niyamam - Sarvabhowma maha Vratham
Irrespective of creed, time, place, use or gains - unconditionally - Samsitha Vratham
36) Do relevant Yagna & ultimately reach Gnana state
37) Service & Saranagathi to Sadhguru is important. Ask/Enquire/Understand Tatvam from Tatva Darsha Gurus (Gnanis). Sanath kumarudu teaches Narada maharshi.
38) Only & Ultimate happiness comes from Tattva Gnanam. Any other happiness looks like it giving happiness but there are hidden dependencies that steal away that happiness. Wise should not go after anything but ultimate happiness (Tattva Gnanam)
39) Velocity of anger, fire of desire have unstoppable force. Only immovable peace & inward looking nature can upstream the currents of anger & desire. 
40) Senses are designed to be external looking & don't have much capability to look inwards. Only the wise win over them, turn them inward, attain ultimate happiness.
46) Flower, Fruits, Water, Leaf --> Offer with love & have love on object being offered also
47) Bhakthi - Unconditional Love

48) Never look down on something and never look up on something - only Paramatma can offer Moksha, just pray and offer yourself to him
Objects don’t help and in fact they cause problems and hence to get rid of them only Paramatma can help
49) Tapassu
Less anger
Daya 
Utter truth - no lies 
Clean mind and body
Rama asked about whereabouts of Tapassu to Sabari, nothing else
 
Sabari just followed Mathangi maharshi instructions and patiently waited (~hundreds of years) for Rama to offer fruits, highlighted aspects of Mathangi maharshi mahimas, left body in Yoga Agni and ascended to higher levels 
50) Paramatma encouraged to discuss Tatvam always - Guru, fellow beings, listeners, students 
Example from Katopanishad
Kundu - pure mind
Oil - Bhakti 
Vatti in right position - Satkarma, Gnana yogam, Sadhana
Lighting - god will take care with Daya
Ensure that there is no too much air - vishaya trishna       Anything other than god
With praksham - Burn agnanam
51) Avoid Tamo gunam - No Laziness, No unnecessary sleep
Very important for Seeker
52) Types of discussion by Gautama Maharshi 
Vadam - discussion with objective to increase Tattva Gnanam
Jalpam - discussion with objective of winning over others
Vithandam - discussion with objective of saying that other person is wrong
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Philosophy behind OM/AUM

Consciousness is an amazing subject. Modern science with all the advancements in many areas of the body is still catching up when it comes to brain, memory, neural networks & consciousness. 

On the other side, the basic tenets of Hinduism treat this particular subject with such an awe that after studying some scriptures we may very well may come to a conclusion that everything we experience lies with consciousness. 

In this blog, let's start the analysis by taking the fundamental sound in Hinduism, OM or AUM. According to prominent gurus & even literature like Lalitha Sahasranam,  OM can be seen as 5 states of experience by consciousness.

1) Dream State (Swapnavastha): We experience dreams when we're asleep. Mind conjures so many things & shows us a movie kind of play in the dreams with several characters. Strange part is consciousness sometimes associate with one of the characters and gets so much involved in the play that it completely forgets that every character in the play is conjured by one entity and experiences emotions considering the scenarios faced by the associated characters. Modern Science logic to this strange phenomenon is that the impressions stored in the mind come out as dream & our consciousness gets involved in the play to such an extent that it affects our wakeful state in case of nightmares/strong dreams. Once we wake up from the dream, Consciousness realizes that it's all play & there is no point in emotional connect to it as it is not real

2) Wakeful State (Jagruthavastha): This is the state where we experience the world as we see with family, friends, interests, emotions etc., Consciousness experiences this state in every second & completely connects to the world, undergoes lot of emotions. In a word, it gets attached so much to this state that it becomes the most important state of the being. Fundamental reasons for such a connect are every other being experiences this state, there is memory to this state in terms of human memory, digital memory etc., There is element of relative permanence to this state. Careful study of Hinduism gives us lot of examples on how one should experience this state beautifully with umpteen festivals, bonding to nature, family, friends, celebration, decorations etc., 

3) Deep sleep State (Sushupthi): One doesn't remember exactly what happens in this state but the experience of this state is felt as we often say "I had a sound sleep with no dreams". It means that the consciousness didn't experience any dreams but it felt the over all experience of the deep sleep.

4) Turiya Avastha: This state is where the importance of being "Unattached" comes into play. Let's say there is someone who experiences all these states but is unattached internally, who is not a robot (one does fulfil their duties in righteous manner including celebrations etc.,) but at the same time is solid internal framework of mind which helps them navigate any tough situation with focus solely on Process rather than Result. It is more like an elevation of experiences by Consciousness to next level which somehow manages to do all the other states but "Unattached" to them. Hinduism believes that ones in this state are so placid & controlled inside that even when involved with emotions like anger, joy etc., Internal core doesn't change, more like Stoics but the key difference being Stoics only inside as from outside they appear like any other.

5) Sarvavastha Varjithayi namah: This is the state when one is beyond Turiya and the point where one merges with nature of Universe. This may sound theoretical but we can imagine the experience of Consciousness not only witnessing but being that one single point from where the Universe began as per Big Bang Theory. If one observes closely, one of the basic tenets of Hinduism is the belief that the causal factor for whole Universe is "Brahman" and every entity is the Effect of this & so the saying "Aham Brahmasmi", is very similar to the single point from which Universe is emerged as per Big Bang Theory. Is that single point "Brahman", time will answer & deeper analysis for another day.

Hope this gave practical insight on how Hinduism offers us guidance on how one can experience the Consciousness & benefit from it.

Science of Living

Everyone has to live on earth as per the script of Nature. Man being intelligent among others has to
understand Nature and obey the laws of Nature. In ancient India, this was followed meticulously and
Nature blessed man for such acts. Live and let others live is the philosophy of living.

In the last few hundred years, after mechanization, few people began to rob the hardship of other
humans as well as other beings. Too much selfishness and supremacy made man an enemy to Nature.

Let us see different aspects in this matter.

Food: Food is essential for any one. The food of man in deserts, hills and uncivilized areas may contain
small creatures appearing there. But after civilization and development of agriculture, the food is based on
plant products. In ancient India even plants were not harmed for their food and only dropped fruits etc.
were taken as food as no one has the right to kill others. But after so-called civilization, man started eating
every creature (in some countries more specifically) and his appetite has become unending. Is it justified?
Our intestine is suitable for vegetarian food. We should not kill any animal/bird/etc., but a naturally dead
animal may be taken if interested. The day we all become Vegetarians, Nature blesses us. Vegetarian and
limited food will boost immunity and good health.

Society:  Family is the root of society. Respect to Parents, Teachers and elders; helping the needy people
around us; helping other countries in case of severe drought etc. should be inculcated from childhood.
Good relations, ethics, transparency and accountability are four pillars of any Good society.
How best we build the pillars will make the society very happy and harmonious development can be achieved.

Government: The role of the Government is crucial for the wellness of its people. It has to provide free
education, free health services to every citizen so that all the people are well educated and healthy ones.
This is an assurance to people for happy living. In ancient India, Education, Health services and Food were
never sold and offered free. The situation was changed drastically after invasion by Moguls/British etc.
Government should ensure welfare of all the people with suitable planning.

Economy: Economics plays a key role for achieving happiness to all, which is the ultimate goal of the world.
All should be happy and respect one another for their traditions and Philosophies. Then we can reduce military
force and divert the funds to socially acceptable channels.  Certain principles may be kept in mind by all
public, Governments and Social Organizations.

Every individual should work from the age of 25/30 up to 60/65 as per his capacity and need.
He should save 25% for health / old age and pay 10 to 20% to the Government to run the Nation.
For acquiring Home & other assets, first he should save at least 30% of the value and go for loan for the
remaining. No loans for luxuries. He should work hard and be satisfied with the achievement.
Too much earning at the cost of health is not good. He should have bank balance at least for six months' livelihood
in case of unemployment and then make charities to the needy people.

Government should never give anything free to a healthy person. It should provide food and shelter to aged
people and disabled people. These beneficiaries should not participate in elections for voting.

In case of famine and situations like Covid-19 , the Government should create work for the labor. It may be
like repairs / construction of lakes / water reservoirs in the villages / towns/ forests and hill areas to procure
rain water for development of agriculture / greenery and animals stay in forests comfortably etc.
Never print currency and distribute to accelerate the economy, which will have post adverse effects and
inculcate laziness among people. Every one’s meal should be backed by some work. Charity is only for aged
and unhealthy people.

A citizen paying Income Tax for a number of years should be taken care of at his old age in case he is out of
income / wealth for any reason, as he contributed during his good days to the Government.

Every Nation has to produce the necessary products / services to the maximum possible and should be
self sufficient for general needs. It should export the surplus and can import other products to that extent.
Self sufficiency should be the goal of the Nation.

Let us take only vegetarian food and milk (obtained in a harmless way for cows & calves) for a period of
say two years and then we can see wonders in Nature. Nature blesses us with all ingredients to all beings of the
whole world and we cannot observe the terms like Covid-19. Hope the day is nearer.

Bonagiri Rama Rao.

Retired Bank Manager.

Nature of God based on Hinduism

In Hinduism, people believe in various gods Eg: Rama, Krishna, Shiva, Devi, Hanuman, Saraswathi, Ganesh, Skandam, Ayyappa etc., So, the question that comes to any sane person is,

How come there are so many gods ?
Do all of them have same powers ?
Do I have to ask them for something specific that each God has control over ?
Why is it so complicated ?

After studying/observing/listening some scriptures like Ramayana, Gita, Bhagavatham etc., I realized that there is a guiding principle for devotion towards any of the deities.

"There is no place in this Universe where God doesn't exist". 

One may ask these questions immediately, "Is god in bad people/things/happenings as well". Strangely, the answer is Yes. Because it depends on how we define the God. For many of us,  God is Infinite & Time-independent. So, if God is not there in any particular thing, God becomes Finite. So, God has to be Infinite, so God exists in everything. Period. It means that God has no specific name/sound and no specific shape/picture as God is omnipresent (many religions agree to it).

Now, the next logical question is, if God exists in bad persons (as an example), why does he indulge in bad activities.

This led me to discover something called Consciousness that exists in everything. Some realize (Eg: Some Humans like Ramana maharshi) & some don't to it's full extent (Eg: Remaining Humans, Animals, Rocks etc.,). So, this Consciousness is masked by various layers that're not permanent by the nature of the object we're talking about.

Eg: Human Consciousness - masked by attachment to relationships, money, food etc.,

So, based on some reading, I understood that as & when these layers are removed (renunciation), one realizes the god within & hence the saying "Aham Brahmasmi" (similar to Self-Actualization --> tip of Maslow's hierarchy of needs). In that state, one realizes god in oneself & also everything and experiences a state of bliss (not trance) that one is part of this eternal cosmic equation; nobody can separate the one from it (Advaita Philosophy - meaning there is no dvaitha (meaning two); Everything is in one god).

Worships of different deities are baby steps to achieve this "Aham Brahmasmi". It means that, irrespective of one's belief (multiple gods, one god or no god), if some one can actually feel the oneness with the Universe, then they actually attained Moksham (Salvation - part of God).

So, bad persons have God in them but got masked by these layers. In order to deal with this perplexity, Hinduism suggests action (karma) based on Dharma (righteous thing). Some elements of Dharma change over time & one has to perform karma based on Dharma prevailing at that time (similar to law/being legal in modern world).

Special note on interaction between Advaitha & Karma.
Hinduism supports Bhava-Advaitha meaning seeing godliness in everything (Living and Non-living). More like, connecting to oneness everywhere. This should not be mingled with Karma-Advaitha, meaning treating everything & everybody as same. Karma-Advaitha is not advocated by Hinduism as it is violates philosophy of Dharma. One should perform Karma based on what is right thing to do (Eg: Seeing Godliness in Bad person is Bhava-Advaitha, but treating Bad person as God is Karma-Advaitha, is in direct violation to Dharma. So, bad person should be punished for his bad karma based on Advaitha philosophy)

Blessed (Sthitha Pragna) is the one who does the right thing in material word based on duty and in spiritual world based on experiencing god in everything.

So, here comes our second guiding principle,

"If one does good karma, one gets good karma; If one does bad karma, one gets bad karma; it's like an infinite cycle - what goes around comes around. One should perform Karma based on prevailing Dharma at that time"

We have to note that Karma gets real confusing at times (Eg: Tiger is hungry, it ate a deer. Deer's point of view, it's bad karma for Tiger eating it; Tiger's point of view it's good karma as it's satiated it's hunger); so one has to apply Dharma (law + moral sense) to attach good/bad from one's point of view.  Irrespective of their belief towards god (multiple, one, for some one who believe the very nature is God), the above guiding principle comes into effect all the time in Hinduism.

So, next logical question is, if Karma is deciding everything, why do I require understanding of God/Self-Realization. Well, not many people want to be part of this karma cycle as it's pretty ruthless & also mundane at times and there is no stoppage from being involved in this cycle unless one realizes God within where there is no manah: only budhdhi: exists.

Essentially, based on my understanding, Hindusim is not a religion of god, it's a way of life to realize god with below guiding principles

"There is no place in this Universe where God doesn't exist" 

"If one does good karma, one gets good karma; If one does bad karma, one gets bad karma; it's like an infinite cycle - what goes around comes around. One should perform Karma based on prevailing Dharma to ultimately come out of this cycle and realize God forever"

In other terms, one can be called Hindu irrespective of the god they believe in if

"Every slightest particle (like electron) is manifestation of God - God is omnipresent (Bhava-Advaitha only & definitely not Karma-Advaitha)"

"Do Karma based on Dharma (Law + Moral sense - Righteous thing), realize God forever"



Sources:
Knowledge from Family & Friends
Ramayana: https://www.readramayana.org/
Vedanta: Lectures by Sri Garikapati Narasimha Rao garu (YouTube)
Bhagavatham: http://www.brahmasri.com/Bhagavatam
Bhagavdgita: https://www.asitis.com/

Just an important point, I tried to listen/read from these sources, applied some thought process to filter what is relevant in this context & assimilated some ideas that I thought made sense for this topic.

Bheema's Smile :)

Bheema's smile (as heard from Sri Garikapati garu) - 

One day a Brahman asks Dharma Raja for daanam, but Dharma raja just finishing a big daanam campaign and feels very tired. He asks the Brahman to come next day and assures him that he gets Daanam appropriately. 

Bheema observing the whole episode gives a smile and Dharma Raja noticing Bheema's smile, asks for the reason behind the smile. Bheema says, "Brother, I'm not sure if I would ask Brahman to come tomorrow if I were in your place". Dharma Raja, asks Bheema for the reason behind and Bheema says, I'm not sure if I'll be alive tomorrow and definitely don't want to lose this opportunity to do my job of giving the Brahman who asked for Daanam. If I'm dead by tomorrow, I might have to take rebirth just to fulfill this promise I made to Brahman. 

Dharma Raja thanks Bheema, calls for Brahman immediately who's already on his way back home and offers him Daanam. 

Moral: Never lose opportunity to give Daanam to some one who is in need. We may not get that opportunity again

Please note: Bheema did not cry as much as Arjuna when his son (Ghatothkacha) died in battle meaning he knows how to be detached while being attached.

Art of Reward

In our life, for every effort we do, we expect a reward. Reward is not just money, it can be love, appreciation, reputation etc., At times we may find ourselves on the other side of the table, the giving side, where as a leader/manager/friend/family member etc., we'll be entrusted with responsibility to give rewards.

 Here is a good story that came as a forward message which made me thinking on the basis of reward & how situations can be so tricky & they may fool not just the person who has the responsibility to reward but even the person anticipating rewards.

So, here goes the story, Mr. A & Mr. B come from different backgrounds & meet on the way from Location 1 to Location 2. They meet accidentally, talk & do their journey together. Here comes Ms.C from nowhere but going towards that direction & meets Mr.A/Mr.B & they all do their journey together. Now, comes the lunch time & everybody starts feeling hungry. Mr.A has 7 Rotis with him, Mr.B has 2 Rotis with him, but unfortunately, Ms.C doesn't have anything to eat. All of them, now became friends decide to have the lunch together and so each of them eat 3 Rotis. Ms.C in return, wants to distribute 9 precious stones (precious stones in return for Roti...well, it's a story and let's not be too particular here :)). Now, comes the twist, how to distribute these precious stones among Mr.A/Mr.B.

Mr.B says that he should 4 stones & Mr.A should get 5 stones as Mr.A contributed majority of the shared Rotis.
Mr.A says that he should 7 stones & Mr.B should get 2 stones based on their roti contribution.

Let's just pause here & think about this problem. Let's note 2 important factors that decide the Reward in our daily tasks,

a) Contribution towards the effort --> Hard-work/Time/Efforts/Sacrifices etc.,
b) Achievement towards the effort --> Learning/Experience/Contacts/Reputation etc.,

Contribution side --> Mr.A-7 Rotis; Mr.B-2 Rotis
Achievement side --> Mr.A-3 Rotis; Mr.B-3 Rotis

 So, Mr.B is already achieved & even got 1 Roti more compared to what he contributed. So, yes, the answer is, all of them go to Mr.A

I hope this helps us to do a better job in situations like A-we ask for less/B-we ask for more/C-responsible for rewarding. 

Life after Death

Well...may be seeing the title, the top of mind's recall for many of the movie buffs like me would be just one thing.. "not another story" that has become a phenomena in many movies now a days. I can assure you guys not to be afraid as what i want to say is no where connected to it.

So, Life after death,,seems a very interesting topic, as it is something that humans till date could not understand but would love to know. The question is there a life after death? The spiritual answer to it is yes as many of our vedas say that there is existence of heaven and hell where one has to redeem the benefits of karma or may be fulfill the requirements of karma on a case to case basis. This is in fact widely believed and acclaimed in western part of the world too. So, is that the end of story.. I do not think so..

I think whole of the vedas and all our rich cultural framework by many religions that has been passed to us is something that is more logical and fundamental to the existence of human nature than what we think about them.

Lets take an example, just imagine if there is no doctrine of karma in existence, the way people behave would be very different and may be we would be more like wild animals preying on each other and think only about survival. but that is not the case, as we think, use our rational brains to draw conclusions on what we think is right and correct. Such is the power of karma, which is actually explained in the from of heaven and hell so that even a common man can understand that.

So, coming back to the main discussion after a bit of digression, is life there after death? I do not know whether there is rebirth/hell/heaven, but i believe that there is life after death. Just think of few persons who we like/ take inspiration from, who motivate us, who we look upon. I bet that not many of them are living physically, not many of them we see in our daily lives, but even in their physical absence, they live with us, they live in our minds, thoughts and our hearts. This is life which is irrelevant to death according to me.

This the power to influence not with the physical presence but just with the sheer action of deeds/ words. These things cannot die as there is no death to them. They exist everywhere and it is up to to us to find them and pour life into them and make them what they actually are : ETERNAL