Karma yoga is the path of ([[detached|detachment], selfless) action. In yogic tradition, it is one of four paths to self-realization—along with bhakti (devotion or selfless, detached love) jnana (wisdom or intuitive awareness of the real), and raja (the royal path, a blend of the other three based on the practice of meditation). Gandhi was a supreme karma yogi who followed that path to its complete realization.  Notably, he was far from lacking in devotion (“all my actions have their root in my insatiable love of mankind”) or in wisdom, but the predominant characteristic was his inexhaustible work for the benefit of all (“my real politics is work.”)