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PRACTICE OF KARMA YOGA
is not the least chance of getting harmed by practising this Karma Yoga. If the doctor is injudicious, if he administers the medicine in over-dosage, some harm will certainly result. This is not the case in the practice of Karma Yoga. Even if you do a little service, even if you practise a little Nishkamya Karma Yoga in any form, it will save you from great fear, from the fear of Samsara and of birth and death with its concomitant evils. That is the reason why Lord Krishna says to Arjuna: Nehaabhikramanaasosti pratyavaayo na vidyate Svalpamapyasya dharmasya trayate mahato bhayat.
“There is no loss of effort here, there is no harm. Even a little of this service delivers one from great fear." Gita: Chapter II-40.
The path of Karma Yoga, which eventually leads to the attainment of the infinite bliss of the Self, cannot be futile.
Ignorant people say that one cannot work without any motive. It is a great pity that they have not understood the essence and truth of Karma Yoga Their minds are saturated with all sorts of fantastic desires and selfishness, and as a result, their minds are very impure and clouded They cannot grasp the underlying truth of Karma Yoga They judge others from their own standpoint. Selflessness is a thing unknown to them Their minds and brains are
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