Chapter 5: Karma Vairagya Yoga
Detachment in action — balancing renunciation and disciplined selfless work.
🧘 Overview
This chapter reconciles renunciation (sannyasa) and selfless action (karma yoga), showing both can lead to liberation when done in the right spirit.
📜 Key Teachings
- True renunciation is not inaction but detachment from outcomes.
- The peaceful sage sees all beings as equal.
- Freedom lies in the inner detachment, not outer withdrawal.
🔖 Selected Verse
“One who neither hates nor desires and is beyond dualities is easily freed from bondage.”
– Bhagavad Gita 5.3
🌱 Practical Reflection
Live in the world without being of the world. Let your heart be quiet amidst the noise of action.