Essence of renunciation

Abstract

In the last chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna wants to know from Sri Krishna, his Guru, the meaning of renunciation and the meaning of giving up the outcome of action?. The Lord answers him by saying abandoning the desire for sense pleasures is the essence of renunciation and giving up the fruits of action and surrendering them to the Lord is the essence of relinquishing the outcome of actions. Those who take up the the second path become karma yogis. The Lord explains that some insist upon charity, some upon asceticism and some others upon sacrifice. All three are important and must be practised because they purify the mind of the seeker and take him to a higher contemplative plane.

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