Karma Yoga and Spiritual Evolution

[Guest guest]

Q469. What about the practice of karma yoga for spiritual evolution?

 

A469. When I put a pinch of salt in a teaspoon of water, it is very salty. If I

put that same pinch of salt in a tank of water, it will have no salty

taste. When I am acting only for the sake of myself and my wife then

the bond of karma is stronger; if I am acting for the sake of

the nation

then the desire gets diluted. Eventually, even the desire for

working in

the nation will drop away. Just as when I maintain a desire

for sleep in

my mind, I automatically drop all other desires and go to sleep. That

desire for sleep ends in sleep. Karma yoga is a practice to exhaust the

innate vasanas - there is less agitation if I am thinking of my nation

instead of my own family.

 

- Swami Chinmayananda

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Mr Meyappan, for this particular

contribution. It has been very informative and

educative. It has clarified some points and I have

learnt more.

 

Patricia

 

--- S Meyyappan <smeyyappan wrote:

 

> Q469. What about the practice of karma yoga for

> spiritual evolution?

>

> A469. When I put a pinch of salt in a teaspoon of

> water, it is very salty. If I

> put that same pinch of salt in a tank of

> water, it will have no salty

> taste. When I am acting only for the sake

> of myself and my wife then

> the bond of karma is stronger; if I am

> acting for the sake of

> the nation

> then the desire gets diluted. Eventually,

> even the desire for

> working in

> the nation will drop away. Just as when I

> maintain a desire

> for sleep in

> my mind, I automatically drop all other

> desires and go to sleep. That

> desire for sleep ends in sleep. Karma yoga

> is a practice to exhaust the

> innate vasanas - there is less agitation if

> I am thinking of my nation

> instead of my own family.

>

> - Swami Chinmayananda

>

 

 

 

 

 

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