{"id":69747,"date":"2019-08-04T11:25:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T09:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/181264424011"},"modified":"2019-08-04T11:25:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T09:25:38","slug":"when-nothing-is-worth-fighting-for-anything-can-provoke-a-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=69747","title":{"rendered":"When nothing is worth fighting for, anything can provoke a fight…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When nothing is worth fighting for, anything can provoke a fight (Based on Gita 18.25)
\nChaitanya Charan Das: If we see two people fighting over something trivial, we would naturally wonder: Why are they making such a big issue of this?
\nPeople fight not just because something is a big issue but also because they have nothing important in their life and so end up making something trivial important. The Bhagavad-gita explains that we all are pushed around by the three modes of material nature: goodness, passion and ignorance. And those who function in the mode of ignorance are given to violence at minor provocations, for they can\u2019t see things in proper perspective (18.25). Indeed, generations of wars sometimes happen because of some minor issues that are hundreds of years old.
\nTo prevent such unnecessary conflicts, we need to conscientiously contemplate and concentrate on things that are truly important, things that make our life worth living, things that are worth fighting for. If we don\u2019t contemplate thus, then our mind uses its various impressions and conceptions to concoct what is important. By such concoction, when the mind makes something super-important, then even a minor infringement on that thing by someone else provokes us to attack that person, either verbally or even physically.
\nRather than trying to get even in every conflict, we need to internalize some big vision in comparison with which conflicts are seen in perspective. The Bhagavad-gita gives us this vision by explaining that we are souls on a multi-life journey of spiritual evolution. We are meant for something far bigger than temporary egoistic superiority over someone else \u2013 we are meant for eternal ecstasy in a loving relationship with the all-attractive supreme, Krishna.
\nWhen we thus become infused with the divine purpose of loving and serving Krishna, we learn to address conflicts appropriately and attain the supreme eternal peace that is inviolable and inalienable (18.62).
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\nVerse 18.25 – \u201cThat action performed in illusion, in disregard of scriptural injunctions, and without concern for future bondage or for violence or distress caused to others is said to be in the mode of ignorance.\u201d
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\nThink it over:
\nWhy do people fight?
\nHow can the mind in ignorance make us fight over minor things?
\nHow can we acquire a big vision to see conflicts in perspective?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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When nothing is worth fighting for, anything can provoke a fight (Based on Gita 18.25)
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