KARMA YOGA BOOK 6 - For a Better World

Conversations on the Science of Yoga is an encyclopaedic series presenting the vast, timeless culture of yoga topic by topic through the voice of three generations of masters - Swami Sivananda Saraswati, Swami Satyananda Saraswati and Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati. The teachinge are given in questions and answer format with the inclusion of verses from the scriptures, connecting the modern experience with the classical tradition.

In Karma Yoga book 6: For a Better World, karma yoga becomes seva, service to humanity, and worship of the divine in all. Swami Sivananda made the act of helping those in need a systematic path of yoga leading the practitioner to the innermost core of the self. Performing on's duty wholeheartedly and striving for efficiency and equanimity in all actions is the prerequisite of karma yoga. Awareness of the transcendental reality as well as commitment and service to the immediate enviroment are not contradictory but go hand-inhand, leading to a complete life. The world can only change if the individual changes. If practiced with sincerity and joy, karma yoga becomes the most direct way to personal transformation and the foundation on which to build a better world for all.