One of the jewels of the Bhagavad Gita is the concept of “right action”.
Verses 25-35 of Chapter 3 entitled कर्मयोग: or the Yoga of Action, prescribe the technique, which when understood correctly can change the course of one’s life.
However, this is also a topic that confuses many.
For example, this concept: One must work without craving for the fruits of one’s actions.
What does this really mean?
How does one implement this, in one’s day-to-day living, especially in one’s professional life?
Aren’t we supposed to expect and assess the results of our work?
Don’t we get paid, and promoted, for the outcomes we deliver?
Aren’t we told that a “burning desire” for something, is what propels one to do the best of what one is capable of?
How then, can we not focus on the fruits of our actions?
Here is one more: Choose a field of activity according to your basic nature and work in it without personal likes and dislikes.
Isn’t the choice of the field of activity supposed to come from one’s personal likings?
Shouldn’t we ignore doing the things we don’t like?
Isn’t our basic nature a sum total of our likes and dislikes?
How then are we supposed to work without them?
These, and more, are questions that flounder even regular students of Vedanta, let alone the uninitiated.
And yet, this – the technique of right action, is one of the key ideas of the philosophy.
Get complete clarity in this course i.e. verses 25-35 of chapter 3, which will cover in depth:
1) How to go beyond living selfish lives, ridden with strife, struggle and a sense of hollowness.
2) How to overcome clinging to fruits of actions.
3) How to understand one’s basic nature and choose the field of activity.
4) Why and how to set, and work for, an ideal.
This topic will prove especially beneficial to youngsters who are about to start their careers.
The course is a compilation of live lecture recordings of Dr. Janki Santoke, and can be taken at your own pace.
Listen to the faculty, Dr Janki Santoke introduce the course by clicking here.
After completing all the lessons, you will be required to give an Exam (of 45-minute duration) which will be in the form of Multiple-Choice-Questions. The passing percentage is 50%. On getting the required percentage, you will get a certificate from Vedanta Wisdom Trust for the course.
The suggested donation for the course is ₹2000. Donations cannot be made in any currency other than Indian Rupees. All donations are eligible for a 50% 80G Income Tax Exemption. Kindly keep your PAN card available when you enroll for the course.
The procedure for enrollment can be viewed by clicking here. This procedure is for the course "Vedanta Foundation Course". A similar procedure can be followed for enrolling in this course.
