Bhagavad Gita Action Quotations

No one becomes a Karma-yogi who has not renounced the selfish motive behind an action.

Free from desires, mind and senses under control, renouncing all proprietorship, doing mere bodily action, one does not incur sin (or Karmic reaction).

Whatever action, whether right or wrong, one performs by thought, word, and deed; these are its five causes.

Those who consciousness is unified abandon all attachment to the results of action and attain supreme peace. But those whose desires are fragmented, who are selfishly attached to the results of their work, are bound in everything they do.

Thus many types of sacrifice are described in the Vedas. Know them all to be born from Karma or the action of body, mind, and senses. Knowing this, you shall attain nirvana.

The deluded ones, who restrain their organs of action but mentally dwell upon the sense enjoyment, are called hypocrites.

Faith in sacrifice, charity, and austerity is also called SAT. The action for the sake of the Supreme is verily termed as SAT.

Even the wise are confused about what is action and what is inaction.

Because, if I do not engage in action relentlessly, people would follow My path in every way.

Attached action is selfish work that produces Karmic bondage.

Perform your obligatory duty, because action is indeed better than inaction.

Action is the product of the Qualities inherent in Nature.

A man who sees action in inaction and inaction in action has understanding among men and discipline in all action he performs.

The true nature of action is very difficult to understand. Therefore, one should know the nature of attached action, the nature of detached action, and also the nature of forbidden action.

A Karma-yogi performs action by body, mind, intellect, and senses, without attachment (or ego), only for self-purification.