| How I Became A Hindu My Discover Of Vedic Dharma |
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| Books By David Frawley |
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Karma Yoga/ Hindu Activism My work with Hindu took me in the direction of Karma Yoga, which I had previously not well understood or appreciated. Karma Yoga is the first and most foundational of all the yogas. Life, after all, is action. Work is unavoidable. We should always be doing something, trying to progress spiritually or to help others. Otherwise we easily get caught in inertia and allow negative forces to advance. For any action, even meditation, to affect us at a deeper level it must follow a certain rhythm, regimen or repetition. It must be a karma and a samskara (sacrament). Karma yoga is of two types: ritual worship of the cosmic powers (Devatas) and service to the world. True ritual worship is not merely mechanically performing pujas or mantras. It means right action following a right intention to bring a higher power of consciousness into life. All true spiritual practices rest upon a sense of service, not upon a seeking of one’s personal gain as the main goal. My spiritual path moved from Jnana Yoga (Yoga ofKnowledge) to Bhakti Yoga (Yoga of Devotion) and to Karma Yoga (Yoga of Action), not by rejecting the previous yogas but by integrating them into a more realistic approach. Only on a firm foundation of Karma Yoga or right action are real Bhakti and Jnana possible as a way of transformation.
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