| The branch of yoga that deals with karma is called as | | | | results leads you to stress, competition and |
| the karma yoga. Usually you are bound by the | | | | aggressiveness. This has led to increased incidences |
| cravings and desires associated with your act but | | | | of stress, diabetes, depression, heart ailments and |
| you can free yourself by doing the act but | | | | suicides and has led many youngsters to use drugs, |
| dissociating yourself from its consequences. This is | | | | alcohol and cigarettes. Hence following the teaching |
| the basic concept behind karma yoga and the person | | | | of Krishna in Gita, wherein he advises Arjun: "You are |
| who follows this path is known as karma yogi. His | | | | entitled to an action but not its fruits" will lead you to |
| behaviour is of indifference and while the world may | | | | a happy and stress free life. |
| think he is not interested, in reality he has mastered | | | | A karma yogi realizes this and hence he follows the |
| his desires and has developed awareness of the real | | | | path of detachment. But this does not make him dull |
| significance of the events that occur around him. | | | | or inefficient. On the contrary, he channelizes his |
| This yoga involves doing your duty without any | | | | entire energy into the tasks at hand with complete |
| reservations but is free of the cravings of the results | | | | vigour as his energy is not dissipated and gives it a |
| that are obtained from the act. This attitude is | | | | best shot. Hence the results of his actions are the |
| difficult to acquire because we are taught to hanker | | | | best and he gets good fruits. He does not run after |
| after the fruits of our labour and any failure to obtain | | | | pleasure but pleasure follows him. This makes him a |
| the desired results leads you to frustration and | | | | pleasant person to be around and thus enjoys |
| negative thinking. Also, constant attachment to the | | | | success in his life. |