Hari-kirtana is an author, mentor, and yoga teacher who shares his knowledge and experience of how the yoga wisdom tradition can guide us toward meaningful and transformative spiritual experiences.
Why good karma is bad
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Greetings Reader - In yoga philosophy, bad karma is bad and good karma . . . is also bad. That’s because karma is, by definition, an action taken in pursuit of a material desire. Pursuing material desires reinforces our absorption in material consciousness and keeps us trapped on the karmic hamster wheel of material existence, which are the very things that yoga is meant to free us from. That’s why the Bhagavad-gita recommends the path of karma-yoga. Karma-yoga is the path of transcendental action; action that doesn’t generate any reaction, good or bad. Sounds impossible, right? An action that doesn't generate a reaction would defy the laws of physics, right? Right! This is one of the things that make yoga a mystical science! And being able to defy the law of karma is a much more valuable mystic power than becoming lighter than air or heavier than a mountain or any of the other mystic powers we can supposedly get through the practice of yoga. If you want to learn more about the mystical science of karma-yoga, then please join me this Sunday for a special live online workshop: BEYOND ACTION AND REACTION: MASTERING KARMA-YOGA FOR A LIBERATED LIFE Live via Zoom on Sunday, August 18 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT TUITION: $27 This workshop will be recorded and available for replay
In this workshop, you'll learn:
Members of Yoga Alliance can receive 1.5 hours of CE credit for this workshop. And remember, if you can’t be there for the live workshop, you can watch the replay anytime. If you have any questions about this workshop, just reply to this email. Hoping you're well in all respects, - Hari-k |
Hari-kirtana das
Hari-kirtana is an author, mentor, and yoga teacher who shares his knowledge and experience of how the yoga wisdom tradition can guide us toward meaningful and transformative spiritual experiences.
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