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Actions are but events without any colour. They become good or bad, right or wrong, kind or cruel depending upon our attitude while doing the actions. Every action can be tamasic, rajasic, or satvic, depending upon our mental make up. Heedless of the consequences, if actions are performed, they are tamasic. Cleverly for gain and to escape the evil consequences, if we do anything, it is rajasic. Whatever we do for the welfare of others is satvic.
A man was growing a beautiful garden. One day a cow entered it and ate a few plants. The man was angry with the animal. So he gave it blows and the poor cow was killed. The man knew it was a sin to kill a cow. The moment the incident took place, a Sin came to catch him since it was the fruit of his cruel action. The man now tried to escape the punishment by quoting from the holy texts. Like a devil citing the scriptures, the clever man recited a stanza from the sastras to prove that it was Indra who killed the cow, not himself. The cow was beaten by the hand, which according to the scriptures, is governed by Indra . The eyes are governed by the sun and the mind is governed by the moon. Every limb is but an instrument in the hands of the respective deities. Now, the Sin proceeded to Indra to catch him because he only was responsible for the death of the cow through the man's hands. Indra requested the Sin to wait for a while so that he could have time to make enquires.
Indra went in the disguise of an old person and asked the man,. "Sir, your garden is beautiful, who developed it?." The man replied, "Sir, I with all care grew the plants myself. Later Indra asked "Sir who killed the cow?" The man was caught. He could not answer. When it is a bad action or a crime we throw it on others. When it is good, we claim it for ourselves. We don't want to own the responsibility when the fruits are not favourable to our taste. Either accept all or withdraw from all.
Let us understand the scriptures in the right spirit. Let us not misunderstand them. Let us use them and use them only for our evolution to higher levels.
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