Bhagavad Gita Following Quotations

Let the scripture be your authority in determining what should be done and what should not be done. You should perform your duty following the scriptural injunction.

Those who practice severe austerities without following the scriptures, with hypocrisy and egotism, impelled by lust, and attachment; / Senselessly torturing the elements in their body and also Me who dwell within the body; know these ignorant persons to be of demonic nature.