Tag Archives: karma yoga

Strength and Selflessness

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Many of us have written on this subject before, but I think it is a topic worth touching upon repeatedly.
Karma yoga encourages us to immerse ourselves in selfless service; yet, Swami Vivekananda’s advice on how exactly to do that is somewhat vague. He encourages us to be selfless, asking us, “Are you unselfish? That is the [...]

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The Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 5

Monday, October 12, 2009

I wanted to follow up this past week’s discussion on Action and Renunciation with a post on Chapter 5 of the Bhagavad Gita. After a basic introduction, I’ve skipped ahead to the relevant verses, hoping to give you a rough idea of the chapter.
(All my translations are from here!)
Krishna replies (in the words of Shri [...]

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Question of the Week: What is my duty?

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Chapter 3, Verse 35 of the Bhagavad Gita reads:
श्रेयान् स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात् स्वनुष्टितात् स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः
Roughly translated, this says that performing one’s prescribed duty (svadharma) imperfectly is better than performing another’s perfectly. Krishna tells Arjuna this in the context of Arjuna’s concerns about war. He tells Arjuna that it is his duty to [...]

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