Commentary on the Bhagavadgita - 12- 3. Swami Krishnananda.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, September 05, 2021. 9:14. PM. Discourse 12 : THE FIFTH CHAPTER CONTINUES : THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A PERFECTED PERSON : 3. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The fruit of action that accrues through actions performed with a motive for fruit, this also is not done by God Himself. He is not thinking of giving us something. Neither does He take anything, nor does He give us anything. An automatic action takes place on account of the very structural pattern of the universe. Whether we go to heaven or to hell or we are reborn, we cannot say that God is thinking that we should be thrown somewhere or that we should be made to take rebirth. It is nothing of the kind. The universe is an automatic system of operation, and does not require an outside interference from God. Actual...