7 principles of Karma Yoga

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"Karma Yoga is the magnanimous dedication of all internal just as the external exercises as a Penance to the Ruler, all things considered, presented to the timeless as Expert of the relative multitude of soul's energies and starknesses." — Bhagavad Gita

Principle 1 :

Right Attitude

It's not what you do that matters, it's the disposition while doing it that decides whether a task is a Karma Yoga work, for example a freeing position, or a limiting position. Work is love. Master Sivananda encourages us to "give your hands to work, and keep your psyche fixed at the lotus feet of the Ruler."

Principle 2 :

Right Motive

Same as disposition. It isn't your specialty that matters however your genuine thought process behind it. Your intention should be overall good. Master Sivananda says: "Man for the most part intends to get the products of his works before he begins any sort of work. The psyche is excessively outlined such that it can't imagine any sort of work without compensation or award. An egotistical man can't do any assistance. He will gauge the work and the cash in an equilibrium. Magnanimous Assistance is obscure to him."

Principle 3 :

Do Your Duty

Frequently "obligation" is alluded to as "exemplary nature". You will bring about negative mark on the off chance that you evade your obligation. Your obligation is towards God, or Self, or the Internal Educator who shows you through every one of the particular conditions of your life as they show up.

Principle 4 :

Do Your Best

Whatever you need to do, put forth a valiant effort. In the event that you are aware of a superior method to serve, you should utilize it. Try not to keep down in light of dread of exertion or as a result of dread of analysis. Try not to work in a messy way on the grounds that nobody is watching or in light of the fact that you feel the work isn't intended for you. Put forth a valiant effort. Attempt to do such activities that can bring most extreme great and least shrewd. Do Karma Yoga progressively.

Principle 5 :

Give up Results

God is the practitioner. You are not the practitioner. You are just the instrument. You don't have the foggiest idea about God's goals or God's arrangements. God is the entertainer. Oneself never acts, changes. It is just the gunas, the three characteristics, which are playing. The best approach to understand this reality is to continually work for the wellbeing of work and let go of the outcomes, positive or negative. It is the craving for activity that ties the person. The separation from activity will disintegrate the karmic seeds. Separation from results additionally implies separation from the sort of occupation itself. There is no work that is sub-par or better than an alternate work. Try not to be connected to your work. Be prepared to surrender your work if important.

Principle 6 :

Serve God or the Self in All

Do to others what you might want to be done to yourself. Love thy neighbor as thyself. Adjust, change, oblige. Bear affront, bear injury. Solidarity in Variety. We are portions of a similar body. Practice modesty in real life. Be careful with power, notoriety, name, acclaim, reprimand.

Principle 7

Follow the Discipline of the Job

Each work is an instructor or the like. You can master various abilities by doing various positions. Each work has various necessities as far as time, level of focus, abilities or experience, passionate information, actual energy, will. Attempt to do whatever work you are doing, admirably.