Work is Worship

August 30th, 2016 10:35 am by Awmtea Leo Khiangte

‘Work is worship’ tih changchawitute chuan a hnuaia thu hi an sawi chhuak fo. A tirah chuan ringtute hian ‘hnathawh hi Pathian chibai bûkna a ni’ an ti ngai lo a, sakhaw dang betute atangin kan lo la chhâwng ve a nih hmêl.

“By devotion to one’s own particular duty, everyone can attain perfection. Let me tell you how. By performing his own work, one worships the Creator who dwells in every creature. Such worship brings that person to fulfillment. It is better to perform one’s own duties imperfectly than to master the duties of another.” -Bhagavad Gita 18.45-47

“Do and dedicate, work and worship, plant and protect; but do not worry about the fruit; that is the secret of spiritual success.” -Atharva Veda

“If one does not perform duty to one whom the duty is due, one becomes a thief of the duty.” -Avesta, Videvidad 4.1

“Duty is God; Work is worship. Even the tiniest work is a flower placed at the feet of God.” -Sri Sathya Sai Baba

“We are often so caught up in our activities that we tend to worship our work, work at our play, and play at our worship.” -Charles Swindoll

‘Sum hmuh nân hna kan thawk a, malsawmna dawng turin chibai kan buk thin’ tih hi mi tam tak ngaihdan a ni. Hnathawh (work) leh chibai bûk (worship) chu an la kawp ta a, ‘work is worship’ an ti ta a ni. ‘Worship’ tih hi Saptawng hlui ‘worth-ship’ tih atanga lâk a ni a, ‘eng emaw tâna thil hlu tak pêk’ tihna a ni. Eng thil pawh kan tih apiang tu emaw tâna thil hlu tak ti anga zah taka kan thawh hi ‘work is worship’ chu a ni.

Isuan Samari hmeichhe hnêna “…he tlângah kher lo pawh, Jerusalem khuaah kher lo pawh Pa chibai in bûk hun a thleng dâwn ta,” a tih te, Eden huanah Pathianin Adama kha thilnung tinrêng enkawl turin a dah a, rinawm taka a thawh kha Pathian chibai bûkna chikhat a ni.

Genesis bung 22-ah worship tih inziak kan hmu hmasa ber a. Abrahama’n a fapa Isaka a hlân dâwn khân a chhiahhlawhte hnênah a sawi a. Rom bung 12-ah Paula pawhin “…inthawina nung leh thianghlim leh Pathian lawm tlak ni turin in taksa chu inhlânah ka ngên a che u; chu chu in rawngbawlna (worship) âwm rêng a ni,” a ti bawk. Hetah hian thiltih hmanga chibai bûk a sawina a ni.

Kan hnathawh hmanga chibai bûk kan ni tih kan inhriat chuan kan thawh atangin kan rilru put hmang a lo danglam ang a, hna dang kan zawng a nih pawhin chibai kan bûkna hmun kan sawn tihna a ni ang. Pathianni zingah “Lalpa chibai ka buk a che” tiin kan zai ang a, chu chu kan hna thawh tawh leh la thawh tur puan chhuahna dik a ni ang.