MY (Mind Your) Actions - Youth Camp Yesterday, Chinmaya Yuva Kendra (#CHYK) Ahmedabad, organised the MY Actions Youth camp led by Br. Atharvana Chaitanya Ji. The camp started with a very interesting ice-breaking session through which the campers practically learnt to understand the actions at the level of intention behind them, the expressions thereof, and the impact they bring about. This was followed by a talk where the youth was introduced to the views of Indian scriptures about Actions per se and the way they are classified. Based on whether or not the action is performed with awareness and whether these actions are purposeful or not they are classified as : A) चेष्टा (No Awareness, No Purpose), B) क्रिया (No Awareness with purpose), and C) कर्म (With Awareness and purpose) The campers also learnt the classification of different कर्म such as नित्य कर्म (daily chores), नैमित्तिक कर्म (occasional duties), काम्य कर्म (desire prompted actions) and निषिद्ध कर्म (forbidden actions) and प्रायश्चित् कर्म (atoning actions). With the help of interesting activities such as A mindful lunch in silence , Offering श्रम दान, Playing volleyball with stringent rules, and watching video clips followed by a group discussion, Atharvanaji practically demonstrated how one can eliminate चेष्टा and convert the क्रिया into कर्म by by just becoming aware of the same. Atharvanaji emphasised that all these actions (कर्म) when performed with the right attitude of ones duty (कर्तव्य) and if dedicated to something higher (be it a friend, a teacher, family, society, country, the Universe or the Lord) instead of the limited I or My, the same actions do not bind the doer adds meaning to ones life. It was observed that this camp was not just an activity which lasted for some 8 hours but was a deep experience for each camper which illuminated a path to live what was learnt. The least we can do to share the experience is to post a few pictures of the action-packed day. Here you go!
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:46:23 +0000
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