Karmayoga:

'Union through action'; Selfless religious service.

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prem: divine, selfless love, as opposed to romantic, self-centered love.

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KARMA YOGI(N): one who practises the Yoga of selfless service

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seva-yajna:

seva-yajna. The sacrifice of selfless service.

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Unlike the personal life of the Master, about which very little has been documented, the teachings of Sant Thakar Singh are an open book. Indeed, the documentation of the Master's teachings is both extensive and multi-media in character. We have books, circular letters, video, and audio tapes spanning almost 30 years. Sant Thakar Singh - The Basic Proposition of Spirituality: We Are Souls Not Bodies. If we are to eat, we are to eat for God. If we are to have a body, it is only for finding God. If we ...

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Sant Thakar Singh - Childhood Meditation. In the mid-1980's Sant Thakar Singh issued a number of circular letters on family life and child rearing. These circulars are unfortunately quite hard to find as they were never formally collected into a book. They were not popular, nor were they followed to any great extent even by near devotees; and 20 years have passed. However, the substance of the circulars (w ...

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There is a wide spectrum of views about whether, and when, violence and war are necessary. Followers of Jainism, for example, go to great lengths to avoid harming even animals, and pacifists, such as Christian anarchists, see any sort of violence as self-perpetuating. Other groups take a wide variety of stances. Peace - Historical examples and counter examples. Allied propaganda billed the Great War in Europe as the "war to end all wars." Although the Allies won the war, the resulting "peace" Treaty of Ver ...

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Peacemakers are people who have overcome entrenched violence and conflict through their leadership and vision to achieve peace. Peace - Nobel Peace Prize. Main article: Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded annually to notable persons, generally peacemakers and visionaries who have overcome notorious cycles in violence, conflict or oppression through their moral leadership, but also controversially former warmongers and former terrorists who it was believed had helped bring the world closer to ending such situations through exceptional concess ...

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nish-kama-seva:

nish-kama-seva (-kaama-seva). Selfless service.

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seva:

seva. Selfless service; service to others while trying to serve the God within them.

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love

1.    The essence of God, the universe, nature.

2.    Divine expression of compassion, mercy, affection and tenderness.

3.    Selfless or egoless state of consciousness.

4.    State of unconditional acceptance where only endless happiness and infinite freedom are experienced

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Karma Marga:

Karma Marga: the principal of right action; (SSS-III) the observance of selfless activity dedicated to high purpose, and with no tinge of pride or pomp or sense of ownership so far as the fruits of that activity are concerned (SSS-III).

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Within the Madhyamika school of Mahayana Buddhism, Candrakirti identifies the self as being: an essence of things that does not depend on others; it is an intrinsic nature. The non-existence of that is selflessness. -- Bodhisattvayogacaryācatuḥśatakaṭikā 256.1.7 Indeed the concept of Buddhist Emptiness, is the strong assertion that all phenomena are empty of any essence - demonstrating that anti-essentialism lies at the very root of Buddhist praxis. Therefore, within ...

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A Theosophical definition of Bodhi :

Bodhi

(Sanskrit) This word comes from the root budh, meaning "to awaken." It is the state when man has so emptied his mind that it is filled only with the self itself, with the selfless selfhood of the eternal. Then he realizes the ineffable visions of reality, of pure truth. The man who reaches this state is called a buddha, and the organ in and by which it is manifested, is termed buddhi.

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Candrakirti contextualises Atman as follows: Atman is an essence of things that does not depend on others; it is an intrinsic nature. The non-existence of that is selflessness. -- Bodhisattvayogacaryācatuḥśatakaṭikā 256.1.7 In the 'Abhidharma pitaka', which deals with metaphysics, the prime doctrine which allows pure Buddhist philosophy to successfully explain all phenomena is that all things happen with cause. 'Atman' is a conceptual attachment to oneself that promotes a f ...

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Vipassana - In the Theravada. Vipassana as practiced in the Theravada is the understanding of the Four Noble Truths that were taught by the Buddha. It is understanding the transitory nature of phenomena and the selflessness of persons, that the conceptual consciousness, "I" does not exist. Most of Theravada's teachers refer to knowledges evolving during practice. The meditator gradually improve his perception of the three marks of existence until he reaches the step sensations constantly disappear ...

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Vipassana - In the Theravada. Vipassana as practiced in the Theravada is the understanding of the Four Noble Truths that were taught by the Buddha. It is understanding the transitory nature of phenomena and the selflessness of persons, that the conceptual consciousness, "I" does not exist. Most of Theravada's teachers refer to knowledges evolving during practice. The meditator gradually improve his perception of the three marks of existence until he reaches the step sensations constantly disappear ...

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Perceptions of whistleblowing vary widely. Some perceive whistleblowers as selfless martyrs for public interest and organizational accountability, while others view them as "snitches", solely pursuing personal glory and fame. Because the majority of cases are very low-profile and receive little or no media attention and because whistleblowers who do report significant misconduct are usually put in some form of d ...

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Vipassana - In the Theravada. Vipassana as practiced in the Theravada is the understanding of the Four Noble Truths that were taught by the Buddha. It is understanding the transitory nature of phenomena and the selflessness of persons, that the conceptual consciousness, "I" does not exist. Most of Theravada's teachers refer to knowledges evolving during practice. The meditator gradually improve his perception of the three marks of existence until he reaches the step sensations constantly disappear ...

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Karma Yoga: The path of Selfless Service Work and Action; a spiritual volunteer of sorts. Dedicating the fruits of one’s work to God. Action is transcended by action. The bonds of attachment fall away. This path is best suited to vigorous temperaments, which feel the call to duty and service in the world of human affairs. It will show people how to ‘find inaction that is within action, the calm in the midst of the turmoil.’

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There are believed to be four yogas (unions) or margs (paths) for the attainment of Moksha. They are the ways of selfless work, of self-dissolving love, of absolute discernment, and of 'royal' meditative immersion. Different schools of Hinduism place varying emphasis on one path or other, some of the most famous being the tantric and yogic practices developed in Hinduism. Today, the two major schools of thought are Advaita Vedanta and Bhakti branches. Bhakti sees the Self as God, most often a personified monotheistic conception ...

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Moksha, Moksha - Means to achieve Moksha

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Bhagavad Gita

Dated between the 5th and the 2nd centuries B.C., the Gita, which comprises 18 chapters, is a part of the Mahabharata. In the form of a dialogue between Sri Krishna, the divine incarnation, and his friend and disciple Arjuna, it teaches how to achieve union with the supreme Reality through the paths of knowledge, devotion, selfless work, and meditation.

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