Action that does not bind the doer. In the Gita, akarma does not mean idleness.
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Can work be done all day without becoming a burden? The Gita says a person can be fully engaged and yet do nothing (4.20), because nothing binds. Four loads that make work heavy, and how to set them down.
Level: Simple English 5 min Karma and Akarma: Acting Without Being Bound
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What is action, what is wrong action and what is inaction? Gita 4.16 to 4.24 explained in order: how a person can act all day and not be bound, through five marks and a vision of the act as an offering.
Level: In Depth English 9 min Karma and Akarma: Acting Without Being Bound
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Arjuna asks why he must act if knowledge is higher. The Lord's reply (3.4 to 3.8) shows that freedom lies in the claim and not in the motion. A close reading, the traditions and the objections.
Level: Deeper English 16 min Can We Simply Stop Acting?
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Chapter 3 rejects non-action as an exit and chapter 4 praises it as the mark of the wise. A close reading of Gita 4.16 to 4.24: two senses of akarma, five marks, and the act seen as an offering.
Level: Deeper English 11 min Karma and Akarma: Acting Without Being Bound
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Right action, wrong action and non-action are told apart in Gita 4.16 to 4.24. It shows how one can work all day and still not be bound.
English 9 min Karma and Akarma: Acting Without Being Bound
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What is action, what is wrong action and what is inaction, and how can a person act all day and not be bound? Gita 4.16 to 4.24: five marks of the free actor and the act seen as an offering.