Karma and Dharma Yoga

Concept of Dharma
 DHARMA MEANS ETHICAL CONDUCT .THE CONCEPT OF DHARMA IS
DEEPLY IN GRAINED IN OUR VEDIC PHILOSOPHY . ACCORDING TO
VEDAS, “ THERE IS NOTHING HIGHER THAN DHARMA . IT IS THE
SUPREME LAW OF HUMANITY AND THE PATH TO DESTINY.”
3 Different concepts of Dharma:
I)MIMASA
DHARMA IS ETHICAL ACTION .AN
ACTION IS TEMPORARY, IT
CANNOT BY ITSELF ACCOUNT
FOR THE RESULT.
II)NYAYA(JUSTICE)
DHARMA MEANS THE ‘RIGHT
EFFECT’. IT IS BEING JUST & FINE
TO OTHERS. IT IS A HUMAN
QUALITY.
III)THEISTIC
DOCTRINE 
 DHARMA IS NEITHER ACTION
NOR A HUMAN QUALITY. IT IS
THE OUTCOME OF ONE’S
COMMENDABLE DEEDS. IT
CONFERS REWARD FOR ACTION.
(BELIEF IN A SINGLE GOD
/MULTIPLE GOD)
CONCEPT OF KARMA
 THE TERM ‘KARMA’ HAS BEEN DERIVED FROM THE SANASKRIT
WORD ‘KRI’ WHICH MEANS TO DO. IT IS THE SUM TOTAL OF ONE’S
ACTIONS OR DEEDS IN LIFE. EVEN THINKING IS KARMA & KARMA
INCLUDES ACTS DONE IN BOTH PRESENT LIFE AND PRECEDING
LIFE.
CONCEPT OF KARMAYOGA 

 ACCORDING TO THE THEORY OF KARMAYOGA , ONE CAN CHOOSE

TO PERFORM A CERTAIN ACT BUT CANNOT CHOOSE THE RESULT
FROM IT . YAD YAD KARMA PRAKURVIT TAD BRAHMANI
SAMARPAYET IT MEANS “ EVERY BIT OF WORK THAT YOU DO,
OFFER AND CONSECRATE IT ALL TO THE FEET OF YOU LORD”.
Karma Yoga

 Karma yoga is the yoga of selfless service to others; it is

about identifying one’s priority and then acting responsibly
to accomplish the same. The Gita decrees: ‘Do your duty
without ego and without calculating your gains. You have
the right to work but not the right to its fruit.’ Thus, ‘karma’
preaches selfless work; work with a purpose that is divine,
that is about doing good unto others in the universe. Karma
implies work with accountability, where you remain
responsible to others for whatever goes right or wrong.
Principles of Karma Yoga

Have Pure Be Duty- Give Your

Think Well
Motives bound Best

Forgo Your Be
Serve All
Result Disciplined
 MANAGER AS A KARMAYOGI

 Absolutely free from lust, greed, anger and egoism. This would make
him ethical
 He should not expect any kind of fruits for his actions. Be intent on
actions not on fruits of action.
 Should be humble and free from hatred jealousy, harshness.
 Should have human relation orientation
 Should have a vision of welfare of others
 Should have sound, healthy and strong physical body.
 Should have the power of endurance.
Kinds of Karma Yoga

NISHKAM
KARMA
SAKAM KARMA
KINDS OF KARMAYOGA

I) NISHKAM KARMA II) SAKAM KARMA

  IT MEANS WITHOUT BEING ATTACHED  IT MEANS SELFISH & EGOFUL ACTION.
TO PERSONAL GAINS FROM THE IT IS WORK PERFORMED WITH AN
KARMA. NISHKAM KARMA = KARMA + EXPECTATION OF RESULT ( KAMNA).IT
SELFLESSNESS MEANS ATTACHED INVOLVEMENT OR
ACTION WITH THE DESIRE TO FRUITS
 11. S.K. C HAKRABORTY ( MGMT BY
OF ACTION. (SELFISH AND GREED
VALUES) HAS IDENTIFIED THE
DRIVEN WORK) SAKAM KARMA =
BENEFITS OF NISHKAM KARMA:
KARMA+ KARMA
-A STRESS-FREE MIND AT WORK.
-AN INNER FEELING OF FULLNESS
-A PURE TRANSPARENT MIND.
 Nishkam Karma

Nishkam Karma self less or desireless action, is an action performed without any
expectation of fruits or results, and the central tenet of Karma Yoga path to Liberation.
Nishkam Karma means free or without desire. Karma comes from the root word "karma"
which means desires. Karma comes from the root word "kriya" which means to do.
In the act of Nishkam Karma one has no selfish expectation, one is only giving. Giving
with love, devotion and happiness. Whatever one can! But one must observe the
limitations and not overdoing it.
Nishkam Karma means doing Seva (selfless service), without the expectation of receiving
acknowledgement, reward or a word of thanks. When one has even just one thought that they
should have said "Thank you", this is not Nishkam Karma. In Vedic culture there is no tradition
of saying 'Thank you', only 'Blessing.’
BENEFITS OF NISHKAM KARMA

 Stress- free mind at work

 An inner feeling of fullness
 A pure transparent mind
 An abiding instinct for ethical rectitude
 Union of the individual with god
Sakam Karma

Sakam karma means to act selfishly, or with

personal gain and self-interest in mind. From
Sanskrit, sakam means "together," "jointly" or
"simultaneously.“
When acting out of sakam karma, an individual
is acting with the expectation and motivation
that good will be returned to him/her in this life.
This concept is a central theme in the Bhagavad
Gita and an important philosophical issue in
Karma yoga.
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