THE GITA - HIGHEST WISDOM IN DAILY LIFE
Human existence is not meant at all for just eking out a livelihood. The Gita teaches the sanctity of human life; it directs man to his ultimate goal. It teaches him how to make his livelihood in the world, in a way that enables him to transcend the human condition, and in a way that does not bind him to further human births. You will not be bound by your actions when they are performed selflessly, without any interest in the fruits. The Gita teaches you to develop nonattachment to all your activities, duties and possessions. What actually happens by having this attitude of detachment is that your actions become sacred.
The Gita does not encourage you to renounce work; on the contrary, it encourages you to do your duty and perform all the activities appropriate to your status in life. But you must transform all these actions into sacred works by offering them to the Lord.
For example, cooks perform their duties properly and do their job well when they keep their mind on the cooking. If instead, they do everything keeping only the wages in view, then they will not have much interest in their work and the cooking will not be good. Cooking should be performed with a sense of love and absorption in the work and with the welfare of all in mind, without concern for the monetary rewards. Then it becomes a sacred and pure service that nourishes and sanctifies.
In the same way, when you perform your assigned duties, whatever they are, with full concentration on the work, offering it to the divinity, and without any personal interest in the fruit, then your actions become sacred and grand. With this feeling of disinterestedness in the fruits, your work becomes steady and you will also progress steadily towards your goal.
Famous Quotes from the Gita
Steadfast in devotion, perform your work, Arjuna, Abandoning attachment, Be indifferent in success and failure. Evenness is called yoga (Gita II:48) Actions do not pollute Me, Nor do I desire the fruit of actions, Whoso knows Me as such Is not bound by actions. (Gita IV : 14) Even these actions (sacrifice, giving and austerity) Should be performed, Relinquishing attachment to the fruits; This is my firm and highest belief, Arjuna.
(Gita XVIII:6)