Offering one’s own wealth as sacrifice: Wisdom in Action

Others offer as their sacrifice wealth, austerities, and meditation. Monks, wedded to their vows, renounce their scriptural learning and even their spiritual powers.

— Shri Purohit Swami (1935), public domain

This draft lesson introduces Bhagavad Gita 4.28 through stronger key ideas from the verse: offering one’s own wealth as sacrifice, offering severe austerities as sacrifice, performance of eight-fold path of yogic practices as sacrifice. In the context of Wisdom in Action, learners connect Sanskrit vocabulary to the verse's teaching before applying it to daily choices. Review this draft before publication.