Karma Yoga

About this book

What becomes of ordinary work when it is done without the expectation of personal reward? Swami Vivekananda approaches action as a spiritual discipline available in the middle of everyday life.

His lectures on Karma Yoga examine duty, service, attachment and the motives that colour human effort. The hardest lesson concerns the wish to claim a reward for everything one does. The language is direct, and its ethical questions remain close to the experience of anyone trying to act with greater freedom.