Hinduism - What do you think about Nishkam Karma And Sakam Karma ?

Hinduism - What do you think about Nishkam Karma And Sakam Karma ?

work without selfish motives is shamKAmara. doing with desires is scam karma

Ni's means no or negation of Kama (desire) and karma is work and thus shamKAmara will be work without desire and scam karma is just the opposite of that.

Nishkam karma is possible only for a few.Rest Alaskan karma's

Naismith Karna IA DOING ONE'S DUTY PERFECTLY WITHOUT EXPECTING FRUITS FOR THE WORK DONE. this coincides with various theories of duty - like duty, discipline, . such selfless work will induce a person to do his/her duty with devotion which will benefit all.\

scam karma is doing the work with specific goal / reward for the work offered.

anyway Indian theory of Naismith karma or scam karma makes one duty conscious for the uplift of society, as the IDLE MIND IS DEVIL'S WORKSHOP.

scam karma means karma which has to be done by a normal person according to the normal rules
for egg: father loves his children,husband loves wife and vice verse.........
ShakaAMArma means self sacrifice........that if you sacrifice something for a person unknown to you.....
it is nishkama karma

My friend,
Nishkama karma is the greatest concept contributed by Hindu culture to the world. It was ,is and will be relevant to the human society as long as the human race exists in its form in anthropological terms.
Human being has to perform karma or deeds for a variety of reasons. He has to feed himself. Families evolved to satisfy biological, psychological and social needs and for social discipline which even concepts of Genetics support in terms of certain if not all traditions and customs. Certain material deeds have to be performed to keep them alive.
From mere existence to discovery of wheel/fire to Iron technology to primitive medicine to engineering technology to electricity to cell phones to modern means of transport to ..God knows next..which started improving quality of material life ..you may say they are irrelevant spiritually ..but let us remember that all this healthy spiritual discussion to spewing venom is taking place on NET, a scientific advancement..are we not using it?So QOL, or quality of life needs material achievements ,deeds and earning and a system of barter.
Then Kannada's ,countries..organized economy..political organization ..army..whether necessary or not /justified or not came into existence and you have to live with it..
Even when Krishna was right on earth there were Jarasandhas, Duryodhanas and Keechakas..They have to be either put up with or fought against..It again needs material action..
But NISHKAAMA is the doctrine that would keep the mundane and spiritualism in perfect BALANCE..
You perform but don't worry about the result or reward..that would make you advanced in all ways but keep you human and not robotic comfort-currency seeker..
That would make you a hard worker and seeker of the NEW and the truth .That would be the difference between Nuclear power and Nuclear weaponry stockpiles and cold war..great dedicated teachers..GURUBRAHMAS of yest er years and coaching cent res with paper leak experts of today..
That would eliminate jealousy..greed.. envy..hatred..unhealthy comparisons..politics..murders..economic chicaneries.. society would turn utopia with an attitudinal change..NOT DIFFICULT AT ALL.. only requires WILL at best..
It would also breed detachment and eternal bliss of God's presence with you in suffering or loss..
Even Krishna ENLIGHTENED ARJUNA ONLY AFTER ARJUNA SAID HE DIDN'T WANT KINGDOM ON DEADBODIES OF HIS RELATIVES..
Even Gnaana comes only after you donot want to ge benefited by it..
God bless us all in NEW YEAR 2011

There are three levels of work:
(1) working only for the fruits (karma-Kaunda),
(2) establishing Krishna as the goal yet remaining attached to the fruits (salaam-karma-yoga), and (3) being completely detached from the fruits of work (sigma-karma-yoga). In the second form of work, though the mode of passion is still present, one advances from passion to goodness by renouncing a portion of the results of one?s work. A person working in this way will gradually become detached, attain transcendental knowledge and advance toward the transcendental platform.

Bhagavad Gita Verse 38
Do thou fight for the sake of fighting, without considering happiness or distress, loss or gain, victory or defeat?and by so doing you shall never incur sin.

Arjuna reasoned earlier that fighting the battle would cause him to suffer prolonged sinful reactions, but here Krishna explains that no sin will be incurred by one who executes his duty in the proper consciousness.

Previously (in verses 11?30), to remove Arjuna?s arguments against fighting, Krishna presented Joana, the difference between the body and the soul: Because Arjuna and the other warriors are eternal souls, no one would die; only the body, which unavoidably perishes, can be slain. After presenting those arguments, Krishna encouraged Arjuna to fight based on furtive considerations (karma) to gain pleasure and to avoid suffering. Now Krishna instructs Arjuna to combine both?j?ana (knowledge) and karma (activity)?and to fight with detachment. Working in this consciousness is technically called niskama-karma-yoga or buddhi-yoga, detached work on the platform of knowledge. srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana defines buddhi-yoga as ?niskama-karma-yoga incorporating j?ana within itself.?

One can perform niskama-karma-yoga on one of two levels depending upon the advancement of one?s transcendental knowledge. One who simply has j?ana, knowledge that he is not his body, performs niskama-karma, detached work. Such a person receives no reactions for his work because his knowledge has fostered his detachment from the work?s results.

However, one who has actual knowledge of krishna possesses superior knowledge. He not only knows of his spiritual identity beyond his body, but he also knows that he is krishna?s eternal servant. Such a person also performs niskama-karma, but he receives no reactions for his work because he offers the fruits of his work to krishna.

Both niskama-karma-yogis are free from reaction because they practice detachment in knowledge, but the niskama-karma-yogi who aspires for krishna?s loving service is far superior. He may not yet be on the level of transcendental devotional service, but his activities will one day lead him to krishna?s lotus feet. The niskama-karma-yogi who knows only that he is not his body may, if he desires brahmavada liberation, gradually attain mukti. Or, if his transcendental knowledge increases because he associates with Vaisnavas, he may elevate his desire and attain krishna?s service.