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Karma-Yoga: Action in Devotion

One has the right to perform prescribed duty but not to the fruits of action, as taught in the Bhagavad-gita (2.47-48). Work should be performed as an offering to the Supreme, without attachment to results. The Bhagavad-gita (3.19) teaches that one should perform duty for the sake of duty alone, and (3.30) states that all actions should be dedicated to the Supreme. The Bhagavad-gita (5.10) explains that this transforms ordinary work into spiritual practice and incurs no karmic bondage.

Key Points

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    Perform duty without attachment to results

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    Never consider yourself the cause of outcomes

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    Work with equanimity toward success or failure

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    Devotional action incurs no karmic bondage