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Karmaphalasanga in The Bhagavad Gita
Karmaphalasanga in The Bhagavad Gita
it's about doing things without being attached to the fruit of action.
it's easy to think about it in terms of actions that earn good karma. that you shouldn't expect that good karma when you perform the actions.
For "evil" actions in the traditional sense, like the waging of a war, it's more difficult to say that.
As Arjuna realises his folly in wanting to wage war on his kinsmen (1:31), Krishna advises him and encourages him to fight the war. At first glance, the Gita might even seem as though it was encouraging violence.
At first Krishna uses the argument of punarjanma (2:12) to say that though our bodies may end, our embodied selves are enduring (2:18 & 2:20).
He then uses the idea of dharmic duty to encourage Arjuna to fight the war (2:31). saying that it is the sacred duty of warrior to wage this war.
Then he uses the argument with the broad theme of karmaphalsanga. He tells Arjuna to be impartial to joy, suffering, gain and loss, victory and defeat (2:38).
Although the end of being freed from the bonds of rebirth (2:51) like in Shramanic traditions, Krishna criticises inaction. He says that one cannot ever not be engaged in action (3:5).