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Re: ARTICLE : Hinduism and yoga
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To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: ARTICLE : Hinduism and yoga
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From: dchakrav@netserv.unmc.edu (Dhruba Chakravarti)
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Date: 13 Aug 1996 14:49:52 -0500
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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GERALD J. LA CORTE (l23@hopi.dtcc.edu) wrote:
Dear Sri Jay:
Thank you for your followup. I would like to expand on this theme, but
briefly, let me talk about karma-yoga. karma-yoga, as described in the
Srimad Bhagavad Gita, has two aspects, first is the physical act of
doing the karma and the second is buddhi, and thus doing the karma in a
special way (SBG 2.48-50). Commonly, we get to hear about good karma and
bad karma (sukR^ita and dushhkR^ita) and how they shape the situations for
a person. Both good karma and bad karma are just that, simply the physical
act of doing the karma. Without the buddhi, these karmas accrue, but with
buddhi, a person goes beyond the karmas. The 'special way' (SBG 2.50) is
therefore, intimately dependent on the buddhi function, something that
allows a person to 'see all karmas evenly'.
God says that 'know karma to be born of brahman' (SBG 3.15), and later,
that 'all karma is really done by (parA) prakR^iti (SBG 3.27). The
buddhi part of karma-yoga is this realization, that although the ego
suggests the individual to be the doer of the karmas, it is really
God (Divine Mother) who is doing the karma. When a person realizes
(as opposed to theorizes) this fact, then he/she has the GYAna and
his/her karma is completed (SBG 4.34). This is the way of karma-yoga.
With best regards,
Dhruba.
