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Good and Bad Effects of Work: How to Solve Their Dichotomy Just as every action that emanates from us comes back to us as reaction, even so our actions may act on other people and theirs on us. …

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Rituals and SymbolismBy Helping Others We Only Help OurselvesBelief in God Makes Karma Yoga Easier Rituals and Symbolism Before considering further how devotion to duty helps us in our spiritual …

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Definition of Duty It is necessary in the study of Karma-Yoga to know what duty is. If I have to do something I must first know that it is my duty, and then I can do it. The idea of duty again is …

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The Problem of Good and Evil Involved in Work Helping others physically, by removing their physical needs, is indeed great, but the help is great according as the need is greater and according as …

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Karma Yoga as a Scheme of Gradual Growth According to the Sânkhya philosophy, nature is composed of three forces called, in Sanskrit, Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas. These as manifested in the physical …

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Knowledge as the Goal of Life The word Karma is derived from the Sanskrit Kri, to do; all action is Karma. Technically, this word also means the effects of actions. In connection with metaphysics, …

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