How can I practise karma-yoga at my job?

do the work well, do it honestly, and offer it — not just its pay — to something higher.

Karma-yoga does not ask you to quit your job or work carelessly. The Gītā calls yoga “skill in action” (2.50). Doing a spreadsheet, a surgery or a sale with full attention is already a practice.

Three simple habits help. Before work, offer it inwardly: “Whatever I do today, I offer to You” — the spirit of 9.27. During work, do your part sincerely and let go of anxious checking about praise, promotion or blame; notice when ego wants credit. After work, accept the result, learn from it, and do not carry the office home in your mind.

The Gītā also says that people follow the example of those they look up to (3.21). If you lead others, your fairness, punctuality and calm are your teaching. Ordinary work, done this way, becomes worship (18.46).

Source: Bhagavad Gītā 2.50, 9.27, 18.46

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