When I ask myself what my mission is, well, there are so many missions. This is about one of my mission.

How will you live your responsibilities, day after day, without losing your soul?

That question sits at the heart of the Bhagavad Gita and the idea of Dharma for a person living the life of a Gṛhastha (householder).

Mission Is Not Escape, It Is Engagement

The Bhagavad Gita is spoken on a battlefield. That matters. Arjuna is not in a forest or a monastery. He is surrounded by family, duty, fear, and consequence. He wants to withdraw, to step away from the mess. Krishna does not tell him to abandon the world. He tells him to understand his role within it.

For a Gṛhastha, this is deeply relevant.

Our mission is not to escape responsibilities in search of purity. It is to meet them with clarity and integrity. Work, family, money, social roles—these are not distractions from spiritual life. They are the field in which spiritual life is tested and lived.

Dharma as Alignment, Not Obligation Alone

Dharma is often misunderstood as duty imposed from outside. In the Gita, it is closer to alignment. It is acting in accordance with who you are, where you stand, and what the moment requires.

For a householder, Dharma includes:

• Providing for family without being consumed by greed
• Caring for others without erasing oneself
• Working honestly, even when shortcuts are tempting
• Participating in society without becoming trapped by status or comparison

This is not glamorous. It is repetitive. And that is exactly why it matters.

Action Without Attachment

One of the Gita’s central teachings is karma yoga—doing one’s work without attachment to results. For a Gṛhastha, this is not abstract philosophy. It is practical survival.

You work hard, but outcomes are uncertain.
You love deeply, but nothing is permanent.
You plan carefully, but control is limited.

The mission, then, is not to guarantee success. It is to act sincerely, offer the results, and remain inwardly steady whether things go well or fall apart.

This does not mean indifference. It means freedom from being crushed by expectation.

A Quiet, Living Mission

So what is my mission?

It is to live as a householder with awareness.
To do what must be done, without bitterness or ego.
To serve my family, my work, and my community as expressions of Dharma, not burdens.
To stay rooted in values, even when life feels ordinary or heavy.

The Gita reminds us that liberation is not found only in renunciation. It is found in right action, performed with the right understanding, right where we already stand.