Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Karma yoga

कर्मयोग · karmayoga

the discipline of selfless action

The path of doing one's work fully while giving up any claim on the result, as an offering. It is Krishna's first answer to Arjuna: you cannot avoid acting, so act without attachment. He presents it as the path suited to people who are active in the world, and says it leads to the same goal as renunciation.

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Bhagavad Gita 3.3 · Bhagavad Gita 3.7 · Bhagavad Gita 5.2