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In the third lesson, Krishna tells Arjuna that there are two different types of action and the one that is correct is detached action. Krishna blatently says this when he says "Always perform with detachment any action you must do; performing action with detachment, one achieves supreme good." In this quote Krishna obviously is saying that if you perform action it must be done with detachment. Krishna says "No one exists for even an instant without performing action," which means that no matter what, if you are living and breathing, you are performing an action. However, it is important to be detached from the action because whenever you are detached they become less personal to you and it is easier to make the right decision. This is shown when Krishna says "Actions are all effected by the qualities of nature; ut deluded by individuality, the self thinks, I am the actor." Personally it is easier for me to understand a situation and see what the right choice is, when I do not have a personal involvement in the situation. However, when I am involved and I get caught up in a situation it is harder for me to sometimes see what the obvious decision should be. So I think that it is easier to understand a situation and make a choice if you do not have any bias or and it is easier to make the right choice and take the right action rather than if there were bias. That is what I believe Krishna meant by the detached action.