Karma Yoga (book)
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Author | Swami Vivekananda |
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Language | English |
Subject | Philosophy |
Publication date | 1896 |
Karma Yoga (The Yoga of action) is a book of lectures by Swami Vivekananda, as transcribed by Joseph Josiah Goodwin. It was published in February 1896 in New York City.[1][2] Swami Vivekananda delivered a number of lectures in his rented rooms at 228 W 39th Street in New York City from December 1895 to January 1896. In 1895 friends and supporters of Swami Vivekananda hired Goodwin, a professional stenographer, who transcribed some of the lectures which were later published as this book. Goodwin later became a follower of Vivekananda.[3]
Theme[edit]
The main topic of the book was Karma (work) and Karma Yoga. Swami Vivekananda discussed the concept of Karma in the 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[edit]
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- 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
- The Ideal of Karma-Yoga 3576464646
References[edit]
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- ↑ Michelis, Elizabeth De (2005). A history of modern yoga : Patañjali and western esotericism (Repr. ed.). London [u.a.]: Continuum. p. 124. ISBN 0826487726.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Karma Yoga by Swami Vivekananda" [archive]. Retrieved 21 April 2012.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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