Bhagavad-Gita Quotes on Karma (7 Quotes)

What you do not wish to do out of delusion you shall do even that against your will, bound by your own nature-born Karma, O Arjuna.

By this attitude of complete renunciation you shall be freed from the bondage, good and bad, of Karma. You shall be liberated, and come to Me.

Karma does not bind one who has renounced work (by renouncing the fruits of work) through Karma-yoga whose doubt is completely destroyed by knowledge and who is Self-realized, O Arjuna.

Having enjoyed the wide world of heavenly sense pleasures they return to the mortal world upon exhaustion of their good Karma.

Whatever you do, make it an offering to me the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help you give, even your suffering. In this way you will be freed from the bondage of karma, and from its results both pleasant and painful. Then, firm in renunciation and yoga, with your heart free, you will come to me.

A person whose all works are free from selfish desires and motives, and whose all Karma is burned up in the fire of Self-knowledge, is called a sage by the wise.

The Lord abides in the heart of all beings, O Arjuna, causing all beings to act (or work out their Karma) by His power of Maya as if they are (puppets of Karma) mounted on a machine.