Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 4, Verse 33

Knowledge-sacrifice, O scorcher of foes, is superior to sacrifice performed with material objects. All action in its entirety, O Pârtha, attains its consummation in knowledge.

Every outward practice, at its best, is ultimately pointing toward real understanding, not just the ritual itself.

Krishna ranks these different approaches here, not to dismiss the others, but to name where they're all actually headed. Genuine insight is described as the real destination every sincere practice eventually leads toward.