Bhagavad Gita Quotes on Sannyasa

Renunciation lives in the heart, not in the wardrobe.

Renunciation is not about the world but about the wanting.

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

Renunciation is duty done without leaning on reward.

Know the difference between leaving the world and leaving the grip.

You need not abandon your work to be free of it.

Ask for the difference before you claim the word.

Giving up without inner practice only moves the restlessness elsewhere.

Idleness is no renunciation.

Give up scheming for yourself, and you have begun yoga.

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

A person of duty without greed is both monk and worker.

The renouncer is not weighed down by outcomes.

Act for the sake of the act, and you are already a renouncer.

Renouncing and relinquishing sound alike; living them is different.

The wise tell giving up desires apart from giving up results.

You do not have to leave the world to leave bondage.

You do not have to abandon your life to purify it.

Action done rightly is its own kind of renunciation.

Dedicate your work, cut your doubts, and no action will bind you.

Yoga begins where selfish planning ends.

When two paths both look wise, ask which one you can live.

Inner renunciation makes outer work easy.

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

Those who cling carry the results with them; those who release walk free.

Between stepping back and stepping in, choose with open eyes.

Renunciation without understanding is only absence.

Real renunciation is an inner act.

Both stepping back and stepping in can lead home.

Practice makes renunciation possible.

Renouncing intention for self is renouncing the weight.

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

Renunciation is the art of doing without being bound.

Do not choose between paths until you have understood both.

Withdrawal can be wise, but engagement teaches faster.

Both paths end in the same peace.