O,

Vasudeva, Suttam, Devam, Kamsha-chanurramar Madhanam,

Devaki Paramanandam, Krishna, Vandhya Jagad Kurum.

We are studying the Bhagavad Gita.

We are on chapter 5, which is called sannyasa yoga,

the yoga of sannyasa, renunciation. And Arjuna asked a question that you have taught me renunciation

of action and the performance of action,

which is good, which is better, which one will lead me to the highest goal, that is Moksha,

Enlightenment and Freedom.

Tell me one with certainty.

Now we saw last time in the discussion of this question, that this question can be interpreted in two ways.

In one way, it does not make much sense.

Because if you were talking about the performance of karma yoga or gana yoga, doing your action without selfish motive, doing duty for duty's sake, or as worship

of God for the purification of the mind, and ghani yoga for getting knowledge, for getting

enlightenment. Well, then both are necessary. There's no option there. One has to purify

oneself and make one make the mind ready for enlightenment. And for enlightenment, one has to pursue

this Vedantic inquiry. So in that sense, there is no choice. But there is a choice in the sense of what kind of life

should I lead to achieve enlightenment? I want enlightenment. I want God realization. I want the final

freedom. But before me, there are different approaches. We have been told that one can attain

it while remaining a householder in the midst of action, in the midst of worldly relationships, and yet become enlightened.

Or one can leave all of that and become an all-renouncing monk completely dedicated to Vedantic inquiry and meditation without any relationships with the world. no positions, no relationships, no obligations or duties.

That is also possible. So which one? These two are possible.

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