{"id":23057,"date":"2026-06-25T22:55:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/?p=23057"},"modified":"2026-06-25T22:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:55:58","slug":"managing-your-karma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2026\/06\/25\/managing-your-karma\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Your Karma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KAUAI, HAWAII, January 1, 2026 (Hinduism Today): Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami explains karma as a dynamic spiritual law that governs the consequences of thought, word and deed. Rather than viewing karma as fate or punishment, he presents it as a system of learning that provides opportunities for growth, refinement and self-understanding. Through awareness and right action, individuals can respond to challenges in ways that lessen future difficulties and accelerate spiritual progress. The article emphasizes personal responsibility and the importance of maintaining a positive perspective when facing life\u2019s obstacles. Bodhinatha encourages devotees to cultivate patience, forgiveness and self-discipline while recognizing that every experience offers a chance to improve character and deepen spiritual maturity. In this way, karma becomes not a burden but a valuable teacher on the path to realization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/magazine\/january-february-march-2026\/managing-your-karma\/\">https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/magazine\/january-february-march-2026\/managing-your-karma\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KAUAI, HAWAII, January 1, 2026 (Hinduism Today): Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami explains karma as a dynamic spiritual law that governs the,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23057"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23151,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23057\/revisions\/23151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}