Karma Yoga (book)

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Karma Yoga
Karma Yoga Swami Vivekananda front cover
Karma Yoga of Swami Vivekananda front cover
AuthorSwami Vivekananda
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPhilosophy
Publication date
1896

Karma Yoga (lit.'The Yoga of action') is a book of lectures by

stenographer, who transcribed some of the lectures which were later published as this book. Goodwin later became a follower of Vivekananda.[3]

Theme

The main topic of the book was

Bhagavada Gita. Swami Vivekananda described Karma Yoga as a mental discipline that allows a person to carry out his/her duties as a service to the entire world, as a path to enlightenment.[4]

Chapters

  • Karma in its Effect on Character
  • Each is great in his own place
  • The Secret of Work
  • What is Duty?
  • We help ourselves, not the world
  • Non-attachment is complete self-abnegation
  • Freedom is good and it should be continued
  • The Ideal of Karma-Yoga 3576464646

References

  1. ^ "Udbodhan publication". Udbodhan, Kolkata. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
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  3. ^ "Karma Yoga by Swami Vivekananda". Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Karma Yoga by Swami Vivekananda". holybooks.com. Retrieved 21 April 2012.

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