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According to the Gita, how do I abandon fruits of my karma? Should I donate my whole salary and stay hungry?

14.06.2025 01:04

According to the Gita, how do I abandon fruits of my karma? Should I donate my whole salary and stay hungry?

yuktāhāra-vihārasya yukta-cheṣhṭasya karmasu।

Says Sri Krishna in the 6th Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita —

If you want to donate your whole salary and stay hungry, why work at all in the first place?

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So that way, you cannot abandon the fruits of your action. Now you will be attached to the action of donating all your money and staying hungry!

युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दु:खहा || 6. 17||

yukta-svapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkha-hā।। 6.17

Why do so many men on the internet try to compete with women, or try to "humble" and bash them? There's so many videos across my tiktok and YouTube of men claiming how they're wanting to get back at women and put them in thier place.

When you receive your salary at the month end, use ⅒ of it for Dharmic activities and the with the remaining amount, use it to keep your body in a fit condition for your sadhana and, to support your parents and other family members like your wife and children (if any).

Is there any need of sweating so much just to stay hungry? And after so much toiling from morning till evening or night, where's the energy left in you to stay hungry even? You will not only be able not to stay hungry, but you will overeat! To stay hungry, your body must in a fit condition.

na chāti-svapna-śhīlasya jāgrato naiva chārjuna।। 6.16।।

Is it right to visit any shrine or tomb in Islam?

nātyaśhnatastu yogo ’sti na chaikāntam anaśhnataḥ।

Abandoning the fruits of actions means you offer the results of your actions to God. This doesn't mean that you will not receive the fruits of your actions. You certainly will! But when you work, you must perform it as an offering unto God and leave the results in His hands. You don't think about the results of your actions while you are working, and even after you are done with your work!

युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु |

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A person who is moderate in food, recreation, work, sleep and waking, to such a person Yoga becomes a means to kill sorrow!

O Arjuna! Yoga is not for him who eats too much or doesn't eat all; Yoga is not for him who sleeps too much or doesn't sleep at all

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