Also called desireless action

Nishkama Karma

निष्काम कर्म

Acting fully while releasing the claim on the result — the Gita's way to act in the world without being bound by it.

Common misconception

It does not mean acting carelessly or with no goals; it means not letting the fruit own your peace.

The question it leaves you holding

Can you give something your whole effort and still be unattached to how it turns out?

Schools that center this concept

  • Vishishtadvaita — Ramanuja's qualified non-dualism: souls and world are real, yet form the body of the one God they depend on.

Questions to explore

  • How is desireless action different from simply not caring?
  • Does acting without attachment to results make you less effective?

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