Karma-yoga (Martino Fine Books)

2012 Reprint of 1933 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This is a set of lectures żeby Swami Vivekananda on the subject of Karma Yoga, one of the several yogic paths to enlightenment.

Karma Yoga is a mental discipline which allows one to carry out one's duties as a service to the entire world, as a path to enlightenment. Aby working in the real world, but giving up attachment to work, we can obtain spiritual liberation.

Vivekananda discusses the concept of Karma in the Bhagavada-Gita, and singles out the Buddha as a primary example of this form of yoga. Chapters include: Chapter I. Karma In Its Effect On CharacterChapter II.

Each Is Great In His Own PlaceChapter III. The Secret of WorkChapter IV. What is Duty?Chapter V. We Help Ourselves, Not the WorldChapter VI. Non-Attachment Is Complete Self-AbnegationChapter VII. FreedomChapter VIII.

The Ideal of Karma-Yoga