Karma Yoga
Vivekananda taught Karma Yoga as the path of selfless action, wherein every deed is performed as worship without attachment to its fruits. Drawing from the Bhagavad Gita, he argued that work itself becomes the means of liberation when the ego is surrendered and service to others is embraced as service to God. He considered Karma Yoga the most practical path for the modern age, accessible to all regardless of belief or station in life.
Key Quotes on Karma Yoga
“We all know about morality, and we all know about duty, but at the same time we find that in different countries the significance of morality varies greatly”
- Volume 1, Each is great in his own place
“CHAPTER VII FREEDOM In addition to meaning work, we have stated that psychologically the word Karma also implies causation”
- Volume 1, Freedom
“As pleasure and pain pass before his soul they have upon it different pictures, and the result of these combined impressions is what is called man's "character”
- Volume 1, Karma in its Effect on Character
Works on Karma Yoga
Each is great in his own place
Karma-Yoga
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Freedom
Karma-Yoga
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Karma in its Effect on Character
Karma-Yoga
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Non-attachment is complete self-abnegation
Karma-Yoga
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The Ideal of Karma-Yoga
Karma-Yoga
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The Secret of Work
Karma-Yoga
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We help ourselves, not the world
Karma-Yoga
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What is Duty?
Karma-Yoga
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On Karma-Yoga
Notes from Lectures and Discourses
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Jnana And Karma
Notes of Class Talks and Lectures
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