karma yoga
Action without attachment
Karma yoga is a Hindu spiritual path of selfless action—performing one's duties without attachment to results or personal gain.
The practitioner dedicates work as an offering, seeking liberation through action rather than renunciation.
It is one of the classical yogas described in the Bhagavad Gita, alongside jnana yoga (knowledge) and bhakti yoga (devotion).
- selfless serviceHelping others without personal gain
- dharmaCosmic moral order
- sacred dutyMorally binding commitment
- Bhagavad GitaHindu philosophical dialogue
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
moksha · fruits · spiritual practice · altruism · mindfulness · Krishna · selfless · samsara · ahimsa · surrender · discipline · Upanishads · compassion · work · sacrifice · path · liberation · ego
- yogaasana, asanas, pranayama, poses, postures
- HinduismVishnu, Shiva, Krishna, Ganesh, Ganesha
- Hindu conceptsmoksha, atman, dharma, samsara, maya
- karmacomeuppance, good deeds, poetic justice, karmic debt, what goes around comes around
- spiritual practicesprayer, meditation, contemplative prayer, silent prayer, mindfulness
- yoga stylesvinyasa, hatha, ashtanga, kundalini, yin
karma yogahatha yoga
Body-focused meditative exercise
samadhi · quietism · vedanta · ashtanga yoga
karma yogameditation
Focused attention practice
contemplation · asceticism · renunciation · quietism · silent retreat