Detachment, it seems, is also the quintessential significance of the well known chapter 2 verse 47 of the Bhagavad Gita
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि
Karmanye vadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadachana,
Ma Karmaphalaheturbhurma Te Sangostvakarmani
Your prerogative is your action....let neither the consequence nor inaction be the driving force.
Considering the context, which is the battlefield when Krishna is responding to Arjuna's questions in going to war against his own people....it's commonly interpreted into a rather narrowed down definition of 'duty'.
But looked at from a wider lens, Karma, (Karmanye vadhikaraste) which the whole verse is centered on, is about 'action'; think Karmayogi ( not fate or destiny). Karma which is derived from the sanskrit word 'kri' which is 'to do'. And Yoga which is derived from 'yuj' which is to 'join' 'union' and by figurative extension 'skill' 'expertise'. So, it can read as 'doing with expertise, with completeness'.
A complete 'doing in the flow'.......doing and being... unconditionally and in the now.
But looked at from a wider lens, Karma, (Karmanye vadhikaraste) which the whole verse is centered on, is about 'action'; think Karmayogi ( not fate or destiny). Karma which is derived from the sanskrit word 'kri' which is 'to do'. And Yoga which is derived from 'yuj' which is to 'join' 'union' and by figurative extension 'skill' 'expertise'. So, it can read as 'doing with expertise, with completeness'.
A complete 'doing in the flow'.......doing and being... unconditionally and in the now.
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