In 1968 Bábá gave
an RU Discourse in Hindi, in India. The discourse was printed by the
Tiljala Publishers under the name, “Accomplish Your Work with This
Body Only”, in Ánanda Vacanámrtam Part 23
. The Publishers
wrongly labelled the printed discourse as having been delivered by
Bábá in English, in the Philippines. The reason for their error
is that they took the discourse from a translated cyclostyle made in
the Philippines and assumed it to be the original—instead of
listening to the audio tape of the discourse which is in Hindi.
Below is the exact
electronic version of the discourse as published by the Tiljala
Publishers in Ánanda Vacanámrtam Part 23
. There at the very
beginning of the printed discourse, it is announced that the
discourse was given in the Philippines. The false cyclostyle source
the Publishers used is the cause not only of the wrong venue, but of
innumerable serious distortions in the text itself, which will be
presented in detail in upcoming postings.
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Accomplish Your Work with This Body
Only
June 1968, Philippines
Vásáḿsi jiirńani yathá
viháya naváni grhńáti naro’paráńi;
Tathá shariiráni viháya
jiirńányáni saḿyáti naváni dehii.(1)
“When the clothes become old and tattered, they are replaced with newer ones. This is the law. Nobody wants to wear old, tattered, and dirty clothes. Similarly, when the body becomes old and worthless, it is changed for a newer one.”
The body grows old due to work, activity. One has to march every fraction of a second in one’s life. Marching ahead alone can establish one in dharma. Those who cannot move, cannot walk, are like corpses; their place is not in society, but in the cremation ground. They are pápiis [sinners], antisocial.
There is movement in all three spheres of life – physical, mental and spiritual.
Movement in the physical realm means
the construction of the sadvipra society. [Sadvipra: a spiritual
revolutionary.] The society is filled with pitchers of pápa today.
Break these pitchers to pieces with a stroke of your feet. [This is
your destiny.] Pápa will oppose you, but you will have to face the
challenge. One who annihilates physical pápa is a sadvipra. This is
your dharma in the mundane world. You are human beings, because you
are fighting against the immoralists.
In the psychic realm you have to establish righteousness by removing the germs of crude mentality. Everywhere in the world today the crude intellect dominates. It is your duty to replace it with your righteous intellect.
Once I was travelling by car in Bihar. The driver had to stop the car several times to remove the dogs from the street. When a sádhaka who was sitting beside me asked why the dogs did not heed the horn of the car, I replied that the dogs could not hear, for this was the kingdom of the dogs, the rule of the dogs.
This is the condition that prevails throughout the world today. Crude animal intellect is reigning supreme throughout the world. You have to remove it. It is natural that it would not hear your call, it would not like to move from its position. Under these circumstances, you will have to remove the predominance of animal intellect even by the use of force. I do not want [animals] in the form of human beings to remain on this earth even for a second. This is a world of humans, and not of animals. Therefore, do not relax even for a fraction of a second.
In the spiritual realm, your task is to establish Cosmic ideation. Marching ahead is life. Those who malinger and shirk the responsibility of moving ahead should be thrown in the cremation ground. If the body becomes old by moving, let it be changed. It is not proper to wear old and dirty clothes. If the body decays in the process of moving ahead, change it for another one, and go on performing good actions.
I want you to work with this body only, and then leave it permanently. This is not impossible for you. Increase the speed of your activities thousands of times or even countless times more than what it is now, and accomplish your work with this body only.
There are three spheres – physical, mental, and spiritual. They are the trilokas, and one who controls them is “Trilokanáth”. It is your dharma to show the right path to society in those three spheres – it depends on your speed also.
Work with the infinite power of Paramátman and with infinite speed. Victory is surely yours.
Footnotes
(1) Bhagavad Giitá. –Trans.
June 1968, Philippines
Published in:
Ánanda Vacanámrtam Part 23
Discourses on Krśńa and the Giitá
[a compilation]
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Above is the exact
electronic version of the discourse as published by the Tiljala
Publishers in Ánanda Vacanámrtam Part 23
. There at the very
beginning of the printed discourse, it is announced that the
discourse was given in the Philippines. The false cyclostyle source
the Publishers used is the cause not only of the wrong venue, but of
innumerable serious distortions in the text itself, which will be
presented in detail in upcoming postings.
