The Comparing Heart Is the True Enemy

answered by Bhagavad Gītā 3:37

기원전 2세기경 편찬(서사시 전승)

🎬 TODAY'S FILM — IT ASKS THIS

Amadeus (1984)

dir. Miloš Forman · USA

Why is talent not shared out fairly? When one who seems to have received it for nothing rises higher than one who labored faithfully, envy grows into hatred of that person. But whom does resentment at heaven's unfairness gnaw first?

THE QUESTION THE FILM ASKS

Resenting another's gift, am I gnawing away at the share that was given to me?

THE CLASSIC'S ANSWER · ORIGINAL

kāma eṣa krodha eṣa … viddhy enam iha vairiṇam

📜 THE CLASSIC'S ANSWER

It is desire, it is wrath. Know this to be the true enemy here in this world.

💡 TL;DR

The old teacher of the Gita named the true enemy not anyone outside but desire and wrath.

📝The Classic Answers

The old teacher of the Gita named the true enemy not anyone outside but desire and wrath. The unfairness of talent stings, yet what ruins me is not the unfairness itself but the envy I nurse by comparing. Hatred for one who seems gifted for nothing appears aimed at heaven, but it burns my own inside first. Instead of weighing another's share against mine, I choose to turn my eyes to how I will use what was given me. The enemy is not without, but within.

— ONGO · Curator

🌱Apply It Today

If comparing yourself to someone soured you today, turn that time one step toward using what was given you.

📖 Classic Source: Bhagavad Gītā 3:37. Ancient text in the public domain; rendered and interpreted independently by ONGO.
The film is honored as an equal questioner; its plot is rendered only as a universal dilemma. The classic source is an ancient text (Public Domain), and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.