Whether you live in the world or outside, it does not make much difference.

Attachment to the
objects of the world is the cause of misery. One who practices non-attachment faithfully and
sincerely obtains freedom from the bondage of karma. In the path of action, duties are not
renounced, but are performed skillfully and selflessly. The renunciate renounces the objects and
goes far away from them, but he also performs his essential duties. Those who live in the world as
householders also perform their essential duties. Those who become selfish by receiving and using
the fruits of their actions create many encumbrances for themselves. It becomes difficult for them to
get freedom from this self-created bondage. If all attachments and sense of ownership are not
renounced, the path of renunciation becomes miserable. If the householders do not practice non-
attachment and continue to strengthen selfishness and possessiveness, it also creates misery for
them.