The desire you are required to get rid of: a functionalist analysis of desire in the Bhagavadgita.

From: Philosophy East and West | Date: October 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

As soon as the will begins to cast a covetous eye on the outcome, the individual begins to become immoral. Soren Kierkegaard (1)

It is better to donate one's time to helping others for the sake of those helped than it is to donate one's time for the sake of gaining renown as an altruist. Anger, lust, and impatience for one's ends detract from our ability to deliberate and act rightly. Desire in all its manifestations has at least the potential to detract from our ability to do the right thing. Krsna's niskamakarma (desireless action) advice in the Bhagavadgita captures this ...

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