{"id":510,"date":"2026-06-11T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/?p=510"},"modified":"2025-06-17T17:00:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T03:00:02","slug":"what-is-the-meaning-of-good-conduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/what-is-the-meaning-of-good-conduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 61 \u2013 Dancing with \u015aiva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DwS-Lesson-61.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Recording: Gurudeva&#8217;s cloned voice<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Is the Meaning of Good Conduct?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u015aLOKA 61<br>Good conduct is right thought, right speech and right action. It is virtuous deeds in harmony with divine law, reflecting the soul\u2019s innate purity. As a staff is used to climb a mountain, so must virtue be used in life. Aum.<br><br>BH\u0100SHYA<br>Good conduct, sad\u0101ch\u0101ra, determines our behav\u00adior in day-to-day life. We should be uplifting to our fellow man, not critical or injurious. We should be loving and kind, not hate\u00adful or mean. We should express the soul\u2019s beautiful qual\u00adities of self-control, modesty and honesty. We should be a good example to others and a joy to be around, not a person to be avoided. Good con\u00adduct is the sum of spir\u00aditual living and comes through keeping good company. When heart and mind are freed of baseness, when desires have been tempered and excesses avoided, dhar\u00adma is known and followed, and good conduct naturally arises. The Hindu fosters humility and shuns ar\u00adrogance, seeks to assist, never to hinder, finds good in others and forgets their faults. There is no other way to be called a true devotee, but to conduct ourself properly with\u00adin ourself and among our fellow men. The Vedas say, \u201cLet there be no neglect of Truth. Let there be no neglect of dharma. Let there be no neglect of welfare. Let there be no neglect of prosperity. Let there be no ne\u00adglect of study and teaching. Let there be no neglect of the du\u00adties to the Gods and the ancestors.\u201d Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Is the Meaning of Good Conduct? \u015aLOKA 61Good conduct is right thought, right speech and right action. It is virtuous deeds in harmony with divine law, reflecting the soul\u2019s innate purity. As a staff is used to climb a mountain, so must virtue be used in life. Aum. BH\u0100SHYAGood conduct, sad\u0101ch\u0101ra, determines our behav\u00adior <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/what-is-the-meaning-of-good-conduct\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dancing-with-siva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5176,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510\/revisions\/5176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}