Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 12: The Path of Devotion

Bhagavad Gita 12.6

ये तु सर्वाणि कर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्पराः । अनन्येनैव योगेन मां ध्यायन्त उपासते ॥

ye tu sarvāṇi karmāṇi mayi saṃnyasya matparāḥ | ananyenaiva yogena māṃ dhyāyanta upāsate ||

But those who offer all their actions to me, who hold me as supreme, and who worship me, meditating on me with a yoga that turns nowhere else:

Modern context

The devotee's path is described in three steps: offer every action to the divine, hold the divine as the highest, and meditate with a mind that turns nowhere else. It joins work, love and meditation into a single life. Nothing has to be given up. A person can go on doing their work, while the purpose of all of it quietly changes.