MEDITATE WHILE YOU WORK (11)

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MEDITATE WHILE YOU WORK : A NEW PATH FOR A NEW AGE (11)

Swami Ashokananda

 

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And Swami Vivekananda's Karma-Yoga is a book of that order. I have

not the least doubt that as time passes it will become more and

more a gospel of humanity. The Swami himself thought it was his

greatest work. In that book he went so far as to say that one

need not have any faith in God in order to realize the highest,

and for his illustration of the ideal karma yogin he chose Lord

Buddha - Buddha, who did not believe in God or any such thing at

all. In other words, Swami Vivekanands pointed out that the

practice of karma yoga does not require any kind of religious view,

or, for that matter, any special mode of life or action. The fact is,

a pure karma yogin might not be recognized as a yogin at all. He

could sometimes be looked upon as one of millions - you would not

see any difference in him. Sometimes, however, you will recognize

this difference - he is not living for himself, he is living for

others, living unselfishly. But sometimes you won't even notice this,

because some karma yogins live solely within the scope of their

normal duties - family duties, for example.

 

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