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KARMA YOGA
TE have spoken of Karmayoga as
the application of Vedanta and
Yoga to life. To many who take their knowledge of Hinduism secondhand this may seem a doubtful definition. It is ordinarily supposed by "practical" minds that Vedanta as a guide to life and Yoga, as a method of spiritual communion are dangerous things which lead men away from action to abstraction. We leave aside those who regard all such beliefs as mysticism, self-delusion, or imposture ; but even those who reverence and believe in the high things of Hinduism have the impression that one mot remove vneself from a full human activity in order to live the spiritual life. Yet the spiritual
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