{"id":3596,"date":"2019-04-20T17:04:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T21:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=3596"},"modified":"2019-04-20T17:14:53","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T21:14:53","slug":"misunderstandings-a-brief-outline-of-how-to-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/misunderstandings-a-brief-outline-of-how-to-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Answers to some questions: a brief outline of how to act."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Answers to some questions:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/12-1-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/12-1-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/12-1-364x375.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/12-1.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It is not true that we must be detached from acting. On the contrary, we must act because it is the nature of the soul.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It is not true that we must be detached from producing good results from our actions. On the contrary we must strive so that everything we do is a success.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It is not even true that we should not wish to ultimately enjoy the results of the action, since we are made of ananda.<\/p>\n<p>What is true is that we must be detached from <strong>directly<\/strong>\u00a0enjoying the results of our actions. First, everything must be offered to Krishna to become &#8220;prasada,&#8221; or spiritual.<br \/>\nWe are happy that Krishna is happy, and this happiness should be desired by us. This is a result of our actions that we can desire to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Devotional service is the art of all work.<\/p>\n<p>buddhi-yukto jahatiha<br \/>\nubhe sukrta-duskrte<br \/>\ntasmad yogaya yujyasva<br \/>\nyogah karmasu kausalam<br \/>\n\u201cA man engaged in devotional service rids himself of both good and bad actions even in this life. Therefore strive for yoga, which is the art of all work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Manonatha Dasa (ACBSP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answers to some questions: &nbsp; &#8211; It is not true that we must be detached from acting. On the contrary, we must act because it is the nature of the soul. &#8211; It is not true &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/misunderstandings-a-brief-outline-of-how-to-act\/\" aria-label=\"Answers to some questions: a brief outline of how to act.\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 09:13:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}