Karma Yoga ..... (Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta)

I would like to start with a very popular Shalok of Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta. 

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।

मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सगडोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥ (Chapter 2 Stanza 47- Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta)

This is a very beautiful Stanza from Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta whereas Shri Krishna Says – “Arjuna ! You are only allowed to do karma and result of which is not in hand of you.  Even you are not responsible for initiation of these karma and you are advised to distract attractions and desires from your karmas” 

First we understood what the target of a Soul is. A Soul is placed in a human body by three properties of nature; prakriti ke teen gunaas. These three properties of nature play with soul through a very beautiful system of intelligence, mind, and senses. It is also more interesting that; this nature(prakriti) created all this system. Now what a Soul has to do is to come out of this system and get unite with the supreme SOUL which is the only difference between a Soul and almighty. One can say it as salvation; the moksha. 

It was the system who put the Soul in to a body and again it is the same system which will be helpful to comes out of it. Nature is continuously working on us with his three forces; no one can stop it and interfere it. 

So let’s see how karma yoga helps to comes out of this beautifully designed system. There is a fundamental law of karma; it as true as law of energy, law of motion and others universal laws. What is law of karma? It is resemble with Newton’s Third Law of Motion which is “Action & Reactions Equal and Opposite”. Same theory is applicable in universal law of karma this is “As you sow so shall you reap”. 

What you do in your routine life are your karmas and all these karmas are read by this nature and nature gives you results as per your input of karmas. Bhagwad Geeta Says every one including Devta (angels) works under this law of karma. Even incarnation of God has to follow this law. 

Geeta suggest doing karma without any wish without any desire. Karma which done without desire does not gives fruit. These karmas become Akarma (Karma which cannot produced results). 

A karma yogi knows that he cannot stop doing karma.Because he knows that no one can lives on this planet without karma as stated in Chapter 3 Stanza 5 of Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta. Karma yogi works on mind. He trained his mind to not indulge in attractions from senses. Because it is the mind who along with perception power of senses create attractions towards external materialistic world. So he try to keep mind aside from senses to achieve desire free state. A state whereas karmas do not gives fruit.    

Second thing on karma yoga what Geeta suggest is – do all karmas for God or for his nature. In this case produce of karma will be applicable to GOD or his nature. Soul has no effect on it.