Who is the Doer of action?

When in ignorance we believe that we are controlled by our senses. The senses are of a lower nature then prakriti or material nature and are influenced by the three gunas.

The ones who are in ignorance are dominated by the senses assuming that they are the doer and cause of their actions and thus are stricken with the false ego. They perform all actions with desires and attachment.

The person of wisdom recognizes that all actions are but the result of the interaction of the three gunas and material nature and thus remain free of desires and attachment and performs all actions as a matter of duty.

The scriptural authority of the Vedas states that the Atman or soul is the doer but this is fully experienced only when moksha or liberation from material existence is attained.

The impressions of the Atman or Self filter through the medium of the physical body in proportion to the purity of the mind. Also In the Brahma Sutra we read that the Atman is the doer. Yet when the knowledge of a person is limited, the filtering process is slight and he perceives his physical body as the doer of all actions, when in actuality all actions are performed by the interaction of material nature, the three gunas and the false ego.

Because of this, the ignorant whose minds are bewildered by the false ego, believe that they are their bodies and that they are the doer of their actions.