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Karma Yoga
It is yoga of selfless service to others. Karma Yoga is all about identifying
your priorities and trying to achieve them. Also, a person should have
accountability i.e. he should always hold only himself responsible for whatever
goes right or wrong. This brings about the union of human being with the
Divine.
Gita says that do your duty without ego and without calculations of gain or loss.
One should believe in Nishkama Karma i.e. fruits of work should not be thought
of while performing the duty.
The memorable words of Gita are “ To work only you have the right and you
have no right to the fruits of work”. However, this does not mean that one
should work day and night and the returns that he gets should be almost
negligible. What the Gita tries to say is that let not the fruits of action motivate
you as they might just divert your attention from work. When you are doing a
job, put your heart and soul in to it. One has no control over the future hence
never waste your present in useless dreams of future hopes and fears of
present actions.
WHY DO I WORK?
Indians always had two great truths of successful, harmonious and happy life:
Co – Operation
Healthy competition is a powerful motivator for excellence and success,
especially business success. The idea of cut-throat competetion is founded on
the concept of ‘struggle for existence’ and survival of the fittest.
Indian ethos says that for human beings the royal road is co-operation as
a powerful motive for team work. We are human beings having mind and power
of discrimination.
The Gita says : “ By co – operation and mutual help all shall achieve the
highest human welfare.” Unity is strength. Even in the holistic approach, we
stress the co-operation integration, synthesis and team – spirit for extraordinary
performance, for enduring harmony and peace, because in our hearts chamber
is living the pure conciousness of the Divine, i.e., Purnatman. Peaceful co-
excistence, harmony, not struggle is the rule. Indian insight endorses this in the
management of any enterprise.
Excessive competetion at work can destroy many young people and our
social life. Co-operation, united efforts and striving for success leads to all round
prosperity and success leads to all round prosperity and success in any field of
human enterprise.
Divinity of a human being is not merely a notion but a truth which can be
experienced in the stillness of the mind.