August 10, 2010 | In: Work
Work in Divine Consciousness
Many people say that work is worship. They feel that if they do not do anything harmful to anyone and work throughout the day that is all they have to do. They do not have to just sit at one place and think the name of God or something.
Work is worship, but the question is worship of whom? Is it worship of senses? Is it worship of mind? Is it worship of materialistic people? Is it the worship of God?
Work is worship if it is consciously and lovingly offered as a service to the Lord according to His desires. When we work with humility, in remembrance of the Lord, for the pleasure of the Lord, then we are worshiping God, and that type of work will liberate us from all bondage. Any other kind of work will only cause bondage and ultimately the repetition of birth and death.
If work was worship then why did not Krishna tell Arjuna simply to fight? The seven hundred verses of Bhagavad Gita that Krishna spoke were to teach Arjuna to fight in a spirit of love, devotion and sacrifice to the Supreme Lord; they taught divine consciousness.
By Radhanath Swami
45 Responses to Work in Divine Consciousness
Satish Iyer
August 10th, 2010 at 5:06 am
Work is worship is a very popular statement made by people to escape worshiping God, but here Radhanath Swami has explained the essene of it
hrishikesh mafatlal
August 10th, 2010 at 6:29 am
Radhanath Swami has very expertly demolished the atheistic concept that merely working hard is good enough. In fact, it can be destructive to our spiritual well-being if done in wrong consciousness. He says that work can be worship provided it is a loving service to god.
anil manga
August 10th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Thank you very much. I had no idea what Work is Worship means. Radhanath Swami Maharaj explained it in simple words, Work in god consciousness and according god’s desire is worship. Thank you for sharing such a nice article.
Ravi Garg
August 10th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Very nice article…..it is the misconception about work, specially those who have some knowledge of Gita……but swamiji rightly said that woek is worship if done for the pleasure of the Lord..
dental hygienist
August 10th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Valuable info. Lucky me I found your site by accident, I bookmarked it.
Ranjeet kumar
August 11th, 2010 at 2:36 am
By simply speaking work is worship and removing the God from picture is creating so much materialism . And this is causing so much problem to society. Thank you very much Radhanath Swami Maharaj for your enlightening article .
Rahul Gupta
August 12th, 2010 at 11:52 am
Thank you Radhanath Swami Maharaj for very precisely correcting up one of the most common philosophical misconception.
Duruvan Kanniah
August 12th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
Thanks very much Maharaj
priya aiyar
August 12th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Work should be performed for the pleasure of the Lord in accordance with Guru, sadhu and shastra.Failing which any kind of work would cause eternal bondage in this material world. One must approach a bonafide Spiritual Master who is a realized soul like HH Radhanth Swami to free oneself from bondage. Only a person practising divine consciousness in day to day life can help others work in divine consciousness.
umesh
August 13th, 2010 at 5:00 am
Radhanath Swami Maharaj very nicely clarifies the concept of “work is worship” which is so commonly misunderstood.
Pravin
August 13th, 2010 at 5:23 am
Radhanath swami maharaj is giving a precise and perfect definition of how work is worship? “Work is worship if it is consciously and lovingly offered as a service to the Lord according to His desires.”
Uma
August 13th, 2010 at 11:09 am
Radhanath swami explains so well. Work is truly worship – Worship of God and not anything else.
Work should be done as an offering to Lord Krishna and not to satisfy our own mind and senses.
B.J. ARORA
August 15th, 2010 at 7:55 am
How nicely Radhanath Swami explains that work in spirit of love, devotion and sacrifice to the Supreme Lord leads to divine consciousness.
Amrita Vilasini
August 15th, 2010 at 10:05 am
jay!!
Sandeep Shinde
August 15th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
Very nice and inspiring article. Thank you very much for sharing the same.
Rajesh
August 16th, 2010 at 6:18 am
This has cleared all my doubts about how work can become worship. Great article.
prashant v
August 16th, 2010 at 6:55 am
people worshiping their work because that work is promoting sense gratification,
Gautam Gupta
August 17th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Work is worship only when done in the right consciousness and as an offering to Lord. This is enlightening and clears many doubts we have in our society. Thank you to Radhanath Swami for clearing these doubts
Amar
August 18th, 2010 at 9:28 am
Radhanath Swami is explaining such complex matter in very simple words, he is thrashing a very popular beleif in such plain straight forward manner.
Anil Timbe
August 18th, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Wow…it clarified my misconception that just work is worship. Now I understand if we do work in accordance with God’s desire then that becomes worship. Thank you so much Radhanath Swami ji.
Ujwal Jajoo
August 19th, 2010 at 3:33 am
Radhanath Swami gives a very succinct understanding of worship
suresh
August 23rd, 2010 at 11:05 pm
Today I understand what is real meaning of ‘Work is Workship’ Thank you Maharaj
M. Pandurangayya Shetty
August 24th, 2010 at 5:14 am
Everyone is working. But Radhanath Swami is teaching us how to work ! Very good instruction. azll glories to Radhanath Swami.
rajendra desai
August 24th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
we should work for higher cause without expecting the results
Mike
August 25th, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Radhanath Swami is presenting to us the real meaning of work is worship, many people are satisfied with their jobs and they feel they are doing their real duty unfortunately they are being misled …They seriously need association of Radhanath Swami
Madhura
August 25th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
Maharaj ki jay!
manoj
August 25th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Maharaj is teaching us to engage each and every part of our work in divine conciousness.
Prembabu
August 25th, 2010 at 5:05 pm
Work is worship but of whom? Thats a million doallar question. Nice argument by Radhanath Swami
Yogita Jagannathan
August 26th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
Radhanath Swami has really addressed a vital issue here – especially people born in India often misquote and misuse the Gita, saying “Work is Worship”. But in this article we realise what the true meaning of work and worship is.
mona
August 27th, 2010 at 2:52 am
Radhanath Maharaj has so beautifully explained about work is worship.Working for the pleasure of Krishna and not for our sense gratification!
Panctattva Das
August 29th, 2010 at 3:41 am
Hare Krishna
Preeti Asrani
August 30th, 2010 at 5:01 am
what a perfect answer is given about how work is worship. we have to add Krsna in our life that’s all
nisha
August 30th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
very well explained the concept of work is worship.
Shoba Fernandes
August 31st, 2010 at 7:22 am
Indeed any activity done keeping Krishna in the centre is worshippable. Radhanath Swami has explained this so very nicely.
Meera Sharma
August 31st, 2010 at 11:17 am
I had no idea what it means”work is worship” Thank you Maharajah explaining it so clearly. In every activity we have to remember if it is pleasing to Krishna.
Anant Bhat
August 31st, 2010 at 12:51 pm
I totaly convinnced about Maharaj says…very nice
Vaishali Kamat
September 2nd, 2010 at 11:33 am
Work is worship, but the question is worship of whom? Is it worship of your senses? Is it worship of mind? Is it worship of materialistic people? Is it the worship of God? —- such an eye opening statement by Radhanath Swami.
Raj Narang
September 10th, 2010 at 4:59 am
WORK IS WORSHIP IS A VERY COMMON STATEMENT. BUT RADHANATH SWAMI MAHARAJ EXPLAINS THAT IF WORK IS WORSHIP THEN WORK SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT FOR THE SUPREME PERSON KRSNA.
THANK YOU MAHARAJ FOR ALWAYS REMINDING US HOW TO BE KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS AT ALL TIMES, AT ALL PLACES AND AT ALL CIRCUMSTANCES… HARE KRSNA…
Raj Narang
September 10th, 2010 at 5:08 am
What a wonderful explanation by Radhanath Swami Maharaj, anyone who has any doubts on this can actually solve his insignificant doubts by reading the significant explanation by Radhanath Swami…
bhaskar garg
September 14th, 2010 at 2:04 am
How the work can actually become worship is so nicely expained by Radhanath Swami Maharaj!
S Subramanian
September 18th, 2010 at 5:41 am
As Radhanath Swami once said Worship is our Work and not the other way around.
Vidya Patham
September 19th, 2010 at 8:07 am
Thank you Radhanath Swami for proving how working for God is real worship.
Tallam Sita Ramaiah
September 19th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Many people think that work is worship. H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj said, “Work is worship if it is consciously and lovingly offered as a service to the Lord according to His desires.” We have to think for whom we are working and with what consciousness we are working. This will help us to be on proper platform. Thank you Maharaj.
prakash s. chhabria
April 10th, 2011 at 9:05 pm
thanks to radhanath swami for so wonderfully explaining the futility of hard work done without any understanding of devotion to GOD.
Raj Narang
May 17th, 2011 at 4:59 am
Very imp to work in Divine Consciousness……..