Karma Yoga
Chapter 3, Verse 3
ÅrÄ« bhagavÄn uvÄca
lokeāsmin dvividhÄ niį¹£į¹hÄ
purÄ proktÄ mayÄānagha
jƱÄna-yogena sÄį¹
khyÄnÄį¹
karma-yogena yoginÄm
The Lord says: In this world there is a two-fold path as I have said before, O sinless one: Jyaana Yoga for the sankhyans and Karma Yoga for the yogis.
Lokeāsmin: this word refers to the human world, this world of duality. In this world of duality, only man is qualified to adapt disciplines of Jyaana Yoga and Karma Yoga. Krishna says that of all the species, only the human being has the capacity of transcending these two yogas. He says to Arjuna, āāO sinless oneā, you are above this. You are a Maha Yogi, whatever you do will not have any sin in it.ā
Krishna says that there are two modes of sadhana, two principle states in which one attains the Divine. The first is, āJyaana Yoga for the sankhyansā ā jƱÄna-yogena sÄį¹
khyÄnÄį¹. In this state, one believes in the identity of the soul and Paramatma. One knows that God, Paramatma, the Absolute is the doer, the creator, the protector and the destroyer. He is not outside one, rather He is acting through oneās body. In this state, one is humble. One is always obedient to the Master, to the Guru, to God.
The second yoga is Karma Yoga for the karma yogis ā karma-yogena yoginÄm.
The karma yogi moves among the gunas and he moves in the outside world, but he doesnāt have any connection to them. He disclaims that it is he who is doing anything. The first yogi, the sankhyan yogi, is aware that the Lord is in everything. The second
one, the karma yogi, is also aware that the Lord is in everything. He is realised in a similar way. He does what he has to do in the outside world with the same attitude ā that it is not he who is doing it, but it is God doing it through him. He doesnāt take credit for his actions. He doesnāt take credit for the actions, the thoughts, or the senses. So, He is free from egoism, the sense of possession, attachment, and desires. Thatās the path of knowledge. When one attains that state of a yogi, one transcends joy, grief, and desire. Then one is centred within oneās Self. One sees the All-pervading Lord within oneself and the universe.
Karma Yoga here also means doing your sadhana, your meditation, on the glory and reality of God. It means praying that whatever one does, is for the worship of the Lord and serving Him. Through this, one attains the Divine.
Bhagavad Gita
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