The Philosophy of the Karma Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita - 6 : Swami Krishnananda

======================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 27/10/2019. (Spoken on July 15, 1979.) 6. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The systems of karma yoga, bhakti yoga, etc., are only internal arts of self-adaptation to the conditions that are demanded of us by the existing rules prevailing in the cosmos. Neither excess on one side nor excess on the other side is permitted. "Yuktaharaviharasya yuktaceshtasya karmasu, yuktasvapnavabodhasya yogo bhavati duhkhaha." (B.G. CH-6, SLO-17). An excessive emphasis on the side of austerity or an excessive emphasis on the side of indulgence, both are equally disadvantageous ...