Vivekananda Mailing List-4/15/03

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So Karma-Yoga says, first destroy the tendency to project this tentacle

of selfishness, and when you have the power of checking it, hold it in

and do not allow the mind to get into the ways of selfishness. Then you

may go out into the world and work as much as you can. Mix everywhere,

go where you please; you will never be contaminated with evil. There is

the lotus leaf in the water; the water cannot touch and adhere to it;

so will you be in the world. This is called " Vairâgya " , dispassion or

non-attachment.