Language English Originally published 1896 Subject Philosophy | Publication date 1896 | |
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Karma Yoga (The Yoga of action) is an English book of Swami Vivekananda, the book was published in February 1896 from New York. Swami Vivekananda delivered a number of lectures in his rented rooms at 228 W 39th Street in New York City from December in 1895 and January, 1896. In 1895-1895, friends and supporters of Swami Vivekananda hired a professional stenographer Joseph Josiah Goodwin (who later became a follower of Vivekananda). Goodwin recorded some of the lectures of Vivekananda, and those lectures were published as the book Karma Yoga in 1896.
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The main topic of the book was Karma (work) and Karma Yoga. Swami Vivekananda discussed the concept of Karma in the Bhagavada Gita. Swami Vivekananda described Karma Yoga is a mental discipline that allows a person to carry out his/her duties as a service to the entire world, as a path to enlightenment.