How to Engage in Devotion while Managing Worldly Duties? | Q/A with Swami Mukundananda

[@madhusudan1501]

If you socialize with people outside your immediate family members, you are bound to be wasting your time in this rare human body gift that Shree Krishna has given you. If you watch TV or browse the Internet, it is almost exclusively diverting you away from devotion. We better realize this opportunity of a human birth and practice devotion as much as possible each day. We should stay away from distractions of the world and spend time in remembering the beautiful forms and 'leela' of Radha-Krishna. Swami Mukundananda Ji aptly explains all this in this short Q&A lecture. Wonderful answer given by him, as always !

[@muraliwaro3554]

Swami Mukundananda Ji explains one point about KarmYog that people do not think deeply about - we are involved in so many unnecessary and needless worldly activities on a daily basis; we should free ourselves from those needless worldly involvement. He also explains that we need to continue discharging our necessary worldly duties, such as responsibilities for our close family members, but we should do so without attachment, just as teacher cares for the student or a nurse cares for a patient. Very Very nicely explained by Swamiji !!!

[@nitapatel6771]

Swami Mukundanand ji explains beautifully by simple examples doing our worldly duties without attachments and having focus to God.Thank you very much Swamiji!

[@incredibleindia1005]

Guruji Pranam 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Jai Shree Ram 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@sandhyadas6323]

Whatever our action, Food or worship; Whatever the gift That we give to another; Whatever we vow To the work of the spirit. . . Lay these also As offerings before GOD. Wonderful explanation by Swamiji.

[@alkachauhansingh2048]

Swamiji's insightful explanation of balancing worldly responsibilities with the highest forms of responsibility which are towards God, is very appealing. His emphasis on the fact that Karma sanyas is not the recommended path for most and being a Karma yogi, as taught in the Bhagavad Gita, is a more suitable goal to pursue, stimulates the intellect. If we can master the art and wisdom of dispensing worldly responsibilities without attachment, and with an attitude of internal yog with God, life would always be blissful!

[@SushmaSrivastava]

Alka Chauhan Singh bbv

[@madhupriyasubhashchand1790]

Swamiji has answered the question very precisely. We need to keep our mind on God and do away with unnecessary attachments. Thank You so much Swamiji.

[@MeenuKapoorKripaludassi]

In order to have balanced life and fulfill our responsibility we need to follow the path of Karm Yog. We need to do our worldly duties but our mind should be attached to God.

[@premalshukla8815]

It is important to strike a proper balance between worldly responsibilities and duties to God. We also have to survive in the world - get a place to stay, food to eat, money for daily living expenses! We cannot be a burden on someone else.

[@surbhijoshi4331]

Very Important explain action by Swamiji on how to balance responsibilities and spirituality. How we can detach mind from unnecessary responsibilities and attaching mind in God.

[@pintomeow]

A vital advice by Swamiji for us to do devotion while performing our worldly responsibilities.

[@gadhabail1]

So inspiring for all of us worldly people. Perfectly and described by Swamiji!

[@rohiniramakrishnan6555]

Swamiji beautifully explains that we should do away with unnecessary responsibilities to make time for devotion. He explains that the path of karm yog is suitable for majority of the people where we should do our necessary worldly duties properly but without attachment. The attachment of mind should be in God alone.

[@come2yogi]

Wonderful explanation of doing your duty in the world without being emotionally attached.

[@dalerafferty2605]

Take a look at this 7-minute video! Time well spent. What a heart and mind piercing answer from Swami Mukundananda! It includes apt reference to Vidur's Niti Shatak and to the Bhagavad Gita. Following advice from the Bhagavad Gita we can strive to have a balance between worldly responsibilities and our responsibility toward God. However, to strike this balance we must first look at our responsibilities and see which of these are necessary and which are unnecessary. There are so many responsibilities we can do away with. This is the starting point that Swamiji recommends to make room for devotion.

[@MereGuruvarPyare]

Swami Mukundananda Ji says that we must make free ourselves from unnecessary worldly responsibilities so that we can make time for devotion and can discharge our responsibility towards God which is the highest responsibility of all.

[@magdalinealbert1885]

I am so forgetful...........thanks for upload, it keeps me reminding of where I have to go. Love ya!

[@saradapemmaraju6855]

Very nice explanation by Swami Mukundananda ji. He explained about the important responsibilities of human life and suggested the path of Karm Yog which is performing necessary wordy duties along with doing devotion. He also mentioned how to increase our time for devotion by avoiding unnecessary worldly responsibilities.

[@pragyasinha5554]

A very pertinent topic for people like us who are within the confines of household.how to engage in devotion.Bhagwad Gita teaches us middle path of 'Karm yog' in which we strike a balance between worldly responsibility and our responsibilty towards God by keeping 'mann hari me tan jagat me'.Swamiji's explanations with examples helps us relate easily.

[@RajSingh-cd1uw]

In this clip, Swami Mukundananda Ji explains that the highest responsibility is to invoke our devotion towards God along with the other worldly responsibilities. Swamiji instructs us the path of karmyog should be practiced to hold the balance between worldly responsibility and responsibility towards God. Tons of invaluable practical knowledge! A must-watch lecture!

[@madhusudan1501]

I am very impressed with this lecture from Swamiji, because he gives a very practical and easy solution to doing Karm Yog. He also explains the risk associated with giving-up all worldly responsibilities for pursuit of God, the risk being becoming irresponsible. But, the practical and easy path to God is to lessen our worldly responsibilities and limit them as much as possible. Do not involve yourself in the world more than necessary. Then, spend the rest of the time in the day for spiritual sadhana.

[@debasmita7708]

This is a must-watch video for people who have this general question - " how to deal with worldly responsibilities when someone is interested to progress in devotional practices or sadhana." Basically we will have to find which ones are absolutely necessary, and which ones we can get away with?

[@valuenut2010]

The path of Karm Yog is prescribed for 99.99% of people for managing the worldly responsibility along with engaging in devotion. We should manage our responsibility towards the family, community, and country with a sense of duty towards them without being attached to the results. It will enable us to fulfill our highest responsibility towards God while engaging in the worldly duties. A practical solution for keeping a balance in the world.

[@triptigolwalkar4084]

Karmyog is the balanced way to fulfill responsibilities towards world and devotion.

[@TheSaurabhJohri]

Perfect explanation of how to manage responsibility, all the time we spend more time in doing irresponsible duties and complain about no time for Bhakti.

[@hymar8748]

We need to practice karma yog. Need to do neccessary duty to family and simultaneously attach our mind to God. Like the teacher does not lament if one child doesnt pass the exam. We should help our child but not lament if something didn't work out. If we do lament, we are missing our higher goal of doing devotion. Thanks Swamiji

[@dilipkumarnayak9108]

Karm Yog: An excellent way of managing worldly responsibilities while engaging in Devotion. Nice answer by Swamiji.

[@yoginitripathi7464]

By attaching our mind to God and performing the necessary worldly duties, we can continue to enhance our devotion..Very well explained :)

[@gopaltrivedi94]

Beautiful answer to a practical question .Thank you Swamiji

[@sandeepshejwal5370]

very simple and practical answer.

[@sandhyadas6323]

Beautiful answer given by Swami Mukundanandaji about devotion.

[@anuppamshaqti]

Wonderfully answered swamiji... 🙏🙏🙏

[@veenamaitra7376]

Namaskar Swamiji

[@sangitadas8362]

Rightly said swamji. We have to balance responsibilities between worldly n spirituality. Its not wrong to give up responsibility when we discharge the higher duty towards God.

[@sachinkabburkar3589]

Thank You for the information Guruji😊🙏

[@harshadagawade5807]

Excellent

[@ayushkr312]

Jai Shri Krishna 🙏🏻❤️

[@wilddrims3373]

So nice of your knowledge n your way of explanation...... 🙏🙏🙏🙏 Boliye jagadguru shri Kripalu ji maharajah ki jai

[@annapurnadas3791]

beautiful answer this question....

[@prashantjha4109]

Such nice reply

[@shiwanimamgain7784]

Sir it's easy for man to leave family but for a woman it's so difficult to give up everything..what about her children. What I'd use when you are devoted to god but your children are deprived of your love and care.

[@Ayush-xt2fh]

You don't have to leave the family nor a man has to. You have to do your duty but in the mood of serving the God.🙏

[@sandhyadas6323]

"Karma Yog is what is to be practiced."

[@unnatiacharya8650]

so nicely described

[@DeepakKumar-ch7ww]

radhey radhey

[@ManjariGangwarWarty]

Radhey Radhey 🙏🌿🌻🌸🍎

[@mohitgangele5528]

Jai jai shri Sitaram swami ji

[@saubhagya1981]

Must watch video. Karma sanyas is giving up all the worldly responsibilities and attaching the mind all the time in god. But by giving up all the worldly responsibilities and NOT attaching mind in god is irresponsibility. So Karma sanyas is not recommended for everyone. Karma yog is the middle path as prescribed in Gita. Do your work without any attachment and keep the mind in god.

[@vijiind]

Doing our duties with concentration is uppermost . If we get a undesired result on account lack of concentration we fail in our resposibility.. be it Worldly or Towards God.. we are then a iresponsible

[@neelakshi_]

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