Every man has the discrimination to know what is the right action and what is the wrong action. Wrong action develops guilt feelings. Whereas right action is free and without such fear. (CWBSSB, p. 99)

Every action of yours at the present time is bound to have a reaction, resound and reflection in the future. (SSB 1974, p. 8)

Jiva are born in this world as a result of the good or bad contained in the various actions in which they got involved during their previous lives. Whosoever is associated with good action will always have God with him as an unfailing companion. (SSB 1974, p. 171)

Out of action and work is born every Jiva. He grows and moves in the path of action and karma. These aspects of work are equivalent to God so far as individuals are concerned. Such action and karma are responsible for both sorrow and pleasure in this world ‘Svayam Sarvam Vedati Iti Vedaha’. (SSB 1974, p. 153)

‘Act in accordance with the rules of conduct laid down for the status you have risen to and the call, that has come to you (Svadharma); you derive detachment thereby. Practise Yoga or the Search for Union with the Supreme; you derive Jnana thereby. This Jnana is the very last step in spiritual progress. It leads to Consummation. Adoring the Supreme with the greatest possible Love is called Bhakti, Devotion. I shower grace on such a one; Bhakti will grant him full prosperity. Bhakti emanates from the heart, spontaneously. It does not depend on extraneous things or persons. Bhakti can confer Jnana too on the person who has dedicated Himself to the Supreme. The joy that Bhakti endows a man is unique and immeasurable. How does a person first decide to walk on the path of Bhakti? It all begins with the compassion of some one good and godly, sage or saint or realised soul. This path leads men quickly to ME’. (RKRV Part II, p. 19)

In order to become free from the twin pulls of pleasure and pain, one must rid one-self of the body-consciousness, and keep clear of self -centred actions. (JV, p. 6)

All wrong acts lead to death; all good acts lead to immortality, all honour rendered to all men reaches God, all dishonour implicated on all men reaches God. (FDD, pp. A-15)

The Prosperity of yesterday and the Poverty of To-day, both are due to the actions of the called ‘great’. (Prema Vahini, p. 72)

Action is Karma. Every person is born in Karma, he develops in Karma and he dies in Karma. It is Karma, which is responsible for good or bad, sin or virtue, profit or loss, joy or sorrow; truly, Karma is responsible for your birth. Karma is really the creator for man. It follows then that you should not look upon action with carelessness. Your entire life is associated with action. Therefore, recognize the importance of action and perform it properly. Do not think that action is just a small thing. It may start as a sapling but it will grow into a very big tree. (ML, p. 279)

Out of action arises the bondage of Delusion;

From Delusion grows a perverted mind;

Mental perversion leads to perverse deeds;

Such deeds again result in rebirth.

(SSS Vol.16, p. 32)

Action must not be felt as a burden, for that feeling is a sure sign, indicating that it is against the grain. No action which helps your progress will weigh heavily on you. It is only when you go counter to your innermost nature that you feel it a burden. A time comes when you look back on your achievement and sigh at the futility of it all. Entrust to the Lord, before it is too late, your mind and let Him shape it as He likes.

Assign to your mind the task of serving the Lord and it will grow tame. You do not hand over the goldsmith an ornament that is quite nice; you give him for repairs or reshaping, the ornaments you feel have been broken or dented or gone out of fashion. So too, give the Lord your mind that certainly needs repair, if not complete reconstruction. (SSS Vol.4)

Dedicate all your actions to God

You have to transform your life through service. You should give no room for arrogance or self-interest to the slightest extent in your service activities. Install in your heart the feeling that the service you render to anyone is service to God. Only then does service to man become service to Madhava (God).

Born in society, brought up in society, educated by society and deriving countless benefits from society, what are you doing for society? Social service should be regarded as an expression of gratitude to society for what it has done to us. Without society we cannot survive. (SSS Vol.22)

The seed grows slowly into a huge spreading tree; so, too, through tiny acts, soft words and kind deeds, man elevates himself into a Divine Being! The worst action is to do the opposite of what you preach to deny by the hand what you dole out of your mouth. If you cannot act up to your declarations, keep quiet; do not go about advising and advertise that you are hypocrites. Do not preach dharma (virtue) while decrying it in deed. Dharma is steady, unchanging; it can never decline. What happens is: those who have to practise dharma decline in faith and steadfastness. (SSS Vol.5)

Transmute every act into sacred worship

The tree of life is a tree of delusion, with all its branches and leaves and flowers of maya. You can realise it as such, when you do all acts as dedicated offerings for God. See him as the sap through every cell as the Sun warming and building every part. See Him in all, worship Him through all, for He is all. Engage in activity, but, fill the activity with devotion: it is the devotion that sanctifies. A piece of paper is almost trash; but. if a certificate is written on it, you value it and treasure it; it becomes passport for promotion in life. It is the bhaava (thought behind) that ;matters, not the baahya (outward pomp); the feeling, not the activity that is performed. At Tirupati or at Bhadrachalam, you find only a stone shaped as an idol; as stone, it is of little value. But, when feeling permeates it, when devotion transmutes it, the stone becomes the Supremest Treasure of the human mind. Man does not know this secret of transmuting every act of his into sacred worship and so, he suffers from disappointment and grief. (SSS Vol. 6, 11-1-1966)