Karma-yoga

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1. dejavucoderJun 2024
   just keep doing the bit. nothing matters other than the bit. you have been doing it for so long, keep doing the bit. it's funny, like no one gets it at this point but that's the bit. keep doing the bit. nothing matters more than the bit.

   I draw connection between the above meme and Karma Yoga as proposed in the Holy Bhagavad Gita. Please give a read.

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2. gtsnexpMay 2022
   Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds (D. Goggins)

   Karma Yoga (S. Vivekananda)

   The Power of Now (E. Tolle)

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3. scorchioDec 2015
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4. chandureddyvariOct 2024
   There’s a relevant quote from Swami Vivekananda on this

   From Karma Yoga, Chapter: I, Karma in its effect on character—

   What we say a man “knows”, should, in strict psychological language, be what he “discovers” or “unveils”; what a man “learns” is really what he “discovers”, by taking the cover off his own soul, which is a mine of infinite knowledge.

   We say Newton discovered gravitation. Was it sitting anywhere in a corner waiting for him? It was in his own mind; the time came and he found it out. All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in your own mind. The external world is simply the suggestion, the occasion, which sets you to study your own mind, but the object of your study is always your own mind. The falling of an apple gave the suggestion to Newton, and he studied his own mind. He rearranged all the previous links of thought in his mind and discovered a new link among them, which we call the law of gravitation. It was not in the apple nor in anything in the centre of the earth.

   Whenever I read about Ramanujan having divine revealing formulas in his dreams, I remember Swami Vivekananda’s quoute on consciousness and mind.

   edit: found another relevant quote from Upanishads on tapping the infinite knowledge:

   Mundaka Upanishad 2.2.9:

   “Eṣa sarveṣu bhūteṣu gūḍhātmanā prakāśate, dṛśyate tvagryayā buddhyā sūkṣmayā sūkṣmadarśibhiḥ”

   Translation: “The Self hidden in all beings does not shine forth, but it is seen by subtle seers through their one-pointed and subtle intellect.”

   Explanation: The ultimate knowledge or truth is hidden within all beings and is revealed through subtle inner perception. The idea is knowledge is latent within the mind, and it is discovered, not externally found.

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5. amriksohataDec 2019
   Chapter 3 text 8 of the Gita on Karma Yoga

   Perform your prescribed duty, for action is better than inaction. A man cannot even maintain his physical body without work.

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6. tumbling_stoneDec 2016
   This is exactly how I had assessed my situation. I had been largely depressed for the entire duration of my college, and no matter what I did I simply couldn't come out of it. However, with a slight improvement in the circumstances I could get back on track. But, it was just getting back on track and I realized that if the circumstances were to change I would be back to my state being depressed. I was so scared of going back to that fucked up state that I decided to radically change my thinking and behavior patterns until I could stomach the the nastiest crap hurled at me. Now I wouldn't say that I have any super powers even though it has been more than two years since I made that resolve, but I sure as hell am more happy and productive than ever in my life. Surprisingly, it's the practice of stoic philosophy (to me it means Karma Yoga, pioneered in the book Bhagwat Geeta, which bears uncanny resemblance to the stoic philosophy pioneered by Seneca and Markus Aurelius) that has helped stabilize my ever confused mind.
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