Bhagavad Gita Quotes on Renunciation

Peace begins where 'mine' and 'I' loosen.

Leaving things behind is easy; leaving the clinging is the work.

Hold things as a guest holds a room.

A person without grudges or greed is already free.

When nothing needs to be mine, everything can be enjoyed.

Peace grows where grasping shrinks.

Desire for the highest can simplify a whole life.

Possessiveness is the heaviest thing we carry.

Inner renunciation makes outer work easy.

To renounce is to loosen the grip on 'mine'.

Let go of scheming, and both things and tasks lose their pull.

Live simply enough to follow what you truly value.

Ask what you would give up for the imperishable.

Let go of the need to climb forever.

Ask not ‘do I renounce?’ but ‘how do I renounce?’

Possessiveness is the heaviest thing we pack.

Wanting less makes solitude richer.

People give up much for the sake of what does not end.

Use what you have; don't be possessed by it.

Let go of 'me' first, and letting go of everything else gets easier.

Own less in the heart, not just in the house.

Own little, and your mind will have more room.

What you drop matters less than why you drop it.

Drop the wanting, and see how much you already have.

Own less in the mind, and you will carry less.

Ego is the loudest craving; quiet it and the rest follow.

Renunciation without understanding is only absence.

Real renunciation is an inner act.

Renouncing intention for self is renouncing the weight.

Before choosing a path, know what it asks you to give up.

A renouncer can be busy; a clinger can be idle.

Renunciation is the art of doing without being bound.

Keep your needs simple, and your actions will follow.

What are you still calling yours that you could simply use?

Fleeing the world does not free the mind.

Renunciation comes in more than one kind.

Comfort-driven renunciation yields no fruit of renunciation.

Humble hands hold the most peace.

Keep what refines you; release what only decorates you.

To be fit for the highest, begin by emptying out the unnecessary.

Renunciation lives in the heart, not in the wardrobe.

Offer your actions, and neither good nor bad results will bind you.

Renunciation is not about the world but about the wanting.

Abstaining quiets the hand; only deeper vision quiets the craving.

Rest inwardly while the body goes about its work.

Cut the tangle with the axe of detachment.

What you offer up willingly no longer owns you.

Release both hatred and craving, and you have renounced enough.

A free heart neither chases nor pushes away.

Clear the clutter of wants before you sit in silence.

Dispassion is calm, not coldness.

Detachment is not coldness; it is a clean cut.

Ask for the difference before you claim the word.

An unattached mind is free even in the middle of action.

Giving up without inner practice only moves the restlessness elsewhere.

Yoga is reached when neither things nor tasks hold you.

A mind that makes fewer plans for pleasure finds more peace.

Drop the acts driven by craving; keep the acts that serve.

Renouncing the fruit is the practical kind of renunciation.

Travel light: the self needs fewer garments than you think.

The less you possess, the less possesses you.

Let go of the habit of acquiring and guarding.

Hoarding starves even a full house.

Begin with a steady practice; renunciation follows.

Some meet the infinite by letting go of every image.

Renouncing and relinquishing sound alike; living them is different.

Fear of discomfort is not a reason to renounce.

Know when to act and when to let go.

Walk without craving, and the road becomes its own reward.

There are three ways of letting go; know which you practise.

Change is complete when you stop missing what you gave up.

Drop the grand plans of ego; keep the honest work.

What would you do if you had nothing to acquire and nothing to protect?

Ego-driven ventures exhaust; effort offered up renews.