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How to submit one's actions to God? || Acharya Prashant, on Bhagvad Gita (2017)
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Bhakti Yoga
Self-service
Ego
Alertness
Karma Yoga
Right Action
Mullah Nasruddin
Unconditional Love
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Acharya Prashant explains that the path of bhakti yoga, which involves submitting all actions to God, is fundamentally about moving beyond the narrow domain of the personal self. Ordinarily, human actions are dedicated to self-service, driven by a sense of vulnerability and insecurity. Even when people claim to work for family or organizations, their underlying motive is often personal gain or security. This self-service is an endless and unfulfilling road because the ego is an inexhaustible sink that is never satisfied. Submitting actions to God means having the courage to acknowledge something immense and beyond one's personal universe, rather than pretending the beyond does not exist or trying to possess and downsize it to fit one's own mental space.