Karma Yoga is superior
Arjuna said: You praise in one breath both renunciation of action (Sanyasa) and the performance of action (Karma Yoga). Tell me definitely, which one is the better of the two. Lord Krishna said: Of the two, the performance of action is superior to the renunciation of action. Because renunciation of action (Sanyasa) is difficult to practise compared to the performance of action (karma yoga or selfless action). Renunciation and the performance of action - both lead to Liberation. But the man of selfless action (karma yogi) by keeping his mind fixed on God reaches Brahman faster than a Sanyasi. In fact only ignorant treats yoga of knowledge and yoga of action as different. But the wise knows that yoga of knowledge and action is the same. It is because the person, who has truly mastered one, gets the benefits of both. The state, which one attains by knowledge, that same state is attained by selfless ...