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arjuna uvāca sannyāsaṁ karmaṇāṁ kṛṣṇa punar yogaṁ ca śaṁsasi yac chreya etayor ekaṁ tan me brūhi su-niścitam

Arjuna said: O Kṛṣṇa, first of all You ask me to renounce work, and then again You recommend work with …

In this Fifth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā, the Lord says that work in devotional service is better than dry mental …

śrī-bhagavān uvāca sannyāsaḥ karma-yogaś ca niḥśreyasa-karāv ubhau tayos tu karma-sannyāsāt karma-yogo viśiṣyate

The Personality of Godhead replied: The renunciation of work and work in devotion are both good for liberation. But, of …

Fruitive activities (seeking sense gratification) are cause for material bondage. As long as one is engaged in activities aimed at …

nūnaṁ pramattaḥ kurute vikarma yad indriya-prītaya āpṛṇoti na sādhu manye yata ātmano ’yam asann api kleśa-da āsa dehaḥ

parābhavas tāvad abodha-jāto yāvan na jijñāsata ātma-tattvam yāvat kriyās tāvad idaṁ mano vai karmātmakaṁ yena śarīra-bandhaḥ

evaṁ manaḥ karma-vaśaṁ prayuṅkte avidyayātmany upadhīyamāne prītir na yāvan mayi vāsudeve na mucyate deha-yogena tāvat

“People are mad after sense gratification, and they do not know that this present body, which is full of miseries, …

Therefore, jñāna (or knowledge that one is not this material body but spirit soul) is not sufficient for liberation. One …

prāpañcikatayā buddhyā hari-sambandhi-vastunaḥ mumukṣubhiḥ parityāgo vairāgyaṁ phalgu kathyate

“When persons eager to achieve liberation renounce things related to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, thinking them to be material, …

jñeyaḥ sa nitya-sannyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati nirdvandvo hi mahā-bāho sukhaṁ bandhāt pramucyate

One who neither hates nor desires the fruits of his activities is known to be always renounced. Such a person, …

One who is fully in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is always a renouncer because he feels neither hatred nor desire for the …

sāṅkhya-yogau pṛthag bālāḥ pravadanti na paṇḍitāḥ ekam apy āsthitaḥ samyag ubhayor vindate phalam

Only the ignorant speak of devotional service [karma-yoga] as being different from the analytical study of the material world [Sāṅkhya]. …

The aim of the analytical study of the material world is to find the soul of existence. The soul of …

yat sāṅkhyaiḥ prāpyate sthānaṁ tad yogair api gamyate ekaṁ sāṅkhyaṁ ca yogaṁ ca yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati