subject: Preface of Work [print this page] God created man to workGod created man to work. Work is man's greatest duty. Man is nothing
He can do nothing.
Achieve nothing, fulfill nothing without working. Work is man's most dependable function.
If you are poor -work,
If you are rich -work,
You have been burdened with unfair responsibilities- work, You have entrusted with deserving responsibility - work, You have not been paid fairly - work,
If you have been paid handsomely - work, When dreams are shattered - work,
When faiths falter - work
When future is bleak - work
When hope seems dead - work,
Work is the greatest stress buster,
Work is mightiest morale booster,
Work is the best boredom beater,
Work is equally effective disease fighter, If you neglect you work,
You invite worry, fear, doubt and debt.
Work is the greatest solution for all problems. So,work, work, work
And work sincerely!
Work is the transfer of energy.
Work is done on an object when you transfer energy to that object.
Work is the putting energy into an object.
Way of knowledge for the contemplative minds and the ways of works for those who are action oriented. By abstaining from work one does not obtain freedom from action, nor by renouncing his work does one reach perfection in life.
A person cannot remain in a state of worklessness for even a moment, undoubtedly all governed by the nature, act as if forced to do so. The unwise, who controls his sense organs by force and whose mind is indulging in the objects of desire, such one is called a man of false conduct (a hypocrite).
the one whose even mind is under control and who does the work without any desire for its reward, he is superior. Do your duty (as prescribed by the scriptures), because it is better to work than to remain idle and without work you cannot even take care of your body.
All other works, not prescribed by the scriptures, put the man in bondage. Therefore, you do the works prescribed by the scriptures without attachment, meticulously in the ancient days, the lord of creation created subjects through sacrifice and He told them : May you grow and may these sacrifices bring forth desired pleasures to you. And may you cause progress to the gods through these sacrifices, may the gods help you prosper, thus progressing and prospering by mutual efforts may you attain the supreme goal. Thus fostered, the gods will grant you the desired pleasure.
And the one who enjoys these gifts without giving back they in return is a thief indeed. The noble men who eat the leftovers of the sacrifice are absolved of all sins, the sinful, who cook for them alone, eat the sins only. All the things are produced by food, the food is produced by rain and the rain is produced by sacrificial fires and sacrifice is created by work. Work is caused by Veda and the Vedas are created by the imperishable.
