Ome Vasudeva-Sutam Devam, Kamshachanurram-Dhanuram,

Devaki, Paramanandandam, Krishna, Vande, Jagad Kurum.

We are studying the fifth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita and the question at the beginning of the fifth chapter, which Arjuna asks,

that Sanyasam Karmana Krishna Punar Yogan, Jashanghasa, Yashraya, Eta, yorekam, Tanme, Bruhi, Sunish, Chitam.

Giving up the actions, renunciation of your duties and activities in the world.

That's one way.

And the other way is to do those duties as karma yoga.

And you have praised both of them.

So why don't you tell me one which I should follow?

And we saw Krishna started, so Krishna started the instruction pointing out that there are

actually two aspects to this.

One is the way of life, whether you want to be a householder or a monk, actually physically

giving up involvement with the world.

Karma literally here means involvement with the world.

Are you going to have a job, earn money, hold property, have a husband, wife, children,

you know, all of that or not? Or are you going to become a monk and give it all up?

That's another way of life, drastically different ways of life. So that's a genuine question, really.

Another thing could be that with the householder is associated karma yoga and with a monk

is associated gana yoga.

So he may be asking the question about which kind of spiritual practice is he to perform?

Is it to do all activities in the spirit of service, of unselfish activity,

Karma Yoga?

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