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Gita 3 Karma Yoga (Path of Selfless Action)

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Act without expecting fruits of action Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Karma Yoga (Selfless work)

Karma Yoga Course

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The Yoga of Action (Karma Yoga), Chapter 3 of the Bhagavad Gita Spanish / English /Hindi

You only have the right to Work, not its fruits. Gita 2-47 (Sankhya Philosophy of Yoga)
Doctrine of Karma Yoga

The seeker begins the study of the third chapter, the Yoga of Action (Karma Yoga): the path of selfless action, that is, acting but without expecting the fruit of the actions.

In this chapter Sri Krishna offers Arjuna a clear answer to his fear of committing without if he killed his relatives.

Subject Syllabus:

  1. Introduction and summary of Chapter 3- The Yoga of Action (Karma Yoga)
  2. Reading chapter 3- The Yoga of Action (Gandhi's Gita, Sivananda):
  3. Key topics:
    1. Verses 1-8: Karma Yoga: act because it is your obligation, but do it in a detached way, without expecting the fruit of the actions
    2. Verses 9-16: Yoga is work done without the desire to enjoy its fruits. The world needs Yajna (sacrifice)
    3. Verses 17-24: God and the enlightened sage work for the well-being of all humanity
    4. Verses 25-35: Differences between the ignorant and the wise. Need to work without attachment or dislike
    5. Verses 36-43: How to overcome anger and greed
  4. Reading the versified adaptation of this chapter
  5. Analysis of each shloka and their comments from chapter 3 (Gita Makaranadam by Swami Vidya Prakashananda)
  6. Readings by Swami Vivekananda and Sri Ramakrishna related to the chapter
  7. Exercises of Chapter 3- Karma Yoga

Outline of Chapter 3- The Yoga of Action (Karma Yoga):
Outline of Chapter 3 Yoga of Action (Philosophy Karma) Bhagavad Gita Course

Liberation through Karma Yoga (Philosophy Bhagavad Gita)

Arjuna was hesitant about the need to engage in action even knowing the imperishable nature of the Atman.

Sri Krishna's response to Arjuna was clear:

Bhagavad Gita 3.4 Work without attachment, you will attain Brahman

Although Arjuna had not yet realized the Absolute Reality (God, the Great Soul, Brahman, Sat-Chit-Ananda, the Higher Intelligence, or whatever you want to call it), his obligation was to perform the actions, not to stop participating in them (“action is superior to inaction”).

But he had to act with detachment from the fruit of actions and do it with Devotion (Bhakti Yoga), as a divine offering.

Bhagavad Gita 3.3 Sankhya and Karma Yoga
Sankhya Yoga, Sankhya Philosophy of Yoga

That is, the path of Karma Yoga allows a person to fulfill his worldly obligations (a normal man) while trying to achieve higher spiritual goals.

Bhagavad Gita 3.4 Karma Yoga of Selfless Action

This chapter also introduces a capital theme: The need to act for the good of the world and humanity.

To Mahatma Gandhi:

Detachment from the fruit of actions (Gandhi) Bhagavad Gita, Philosophy of Yoga

To Sri Ramakrishna:

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Karma Yoga (by Swami Vivekananda)

To Swami Sivananda:

Bhagavad Gita (Philosophy of Yoga). Swami Sivananda Paths
The four Paths of Yoga

For Swami Vivekananda, the Karma Yoga is the purification of the mind through work.

Swami Vivekananda - Karma Yoga: purification of the mind through work

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