Everyone is engaged in action. The law of karma means that there are reactions to every action and that a person must endure the reactions to his actions.
Jagad Guru Chris Butler - Science of Identity Foundation
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This second mantra of the yogic scripture Sri Ishopanishad refers to karma yoga, or devotional service:
- A person may desire to live for hundreds of years if he works according to this truth because that sort of work will not bind him to the law of karma. And there is no alternative to this way for man.
~Sri Ishopanishad, Mantra Two
Jagad Guru Chris Butler - Science of Identity Foundation
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So a person's entire lifestyle can be dovetailed with his deep purpose in life. Such a person is the controller of his body, not a slave of his senses. Most people are servants of their senses and minds—they are godas (go means “senses”; das means “servant”). A bhakti yogi, however, strives to be a goswami (swami means “master,” and so goswami means “master of the senses”). A goswami is not dragged around by his senses, but instead uses his senses for his own desired purposes. Although goswami is also a title, in fact the real meaning of goswami is controller of the senses, whether one is externally with the title goswami, brahmachari, householder, or whatever.
Jagad Guru Chris Butler - Science of Identity Foundation
