yajvan
24 January 2007, 07:15 PM
Hari Om
~~~~~
Namaste,
This question of renunciation has pondered many a seeker for the millennium. What are your thoughts here? Here's a few ideas. Please add to the conversation.
The house holder (grhastha) has struggled with this - " I have my family duty yet I seek enlightenment- how do I leave my responsibilities?" . How does one reconcile this?
The notion of renunciation is to give up or renounce . What is one giving up? It’s the notion that what I see around me, is not me. That " I am not this" - I renounce that I am not that ( niti niti !! as the wise say). I am not change/relative field of life. I am THAT ( unchanging all pervading SELF).
With this , we can renounce 2X per day when we transcend or meditiate - we are "giving up" the relative field of life and grooming our awareness to become established in the SELF 7x24x365.
...What are they doing anyway?
Some choose to become a sanyasa - "sam" = complete, make perfect and "ni" = down + "as" = to throw . With sanyasa" to throw down completely/to make perfect" . To throw down the relative world completely and pursue Kevalya or Liberation full time. It’s the decision and fullness of intent is needed to pursue this goal . Its also considered the last stage in human life after all duty has been performed in
The other 3 stages. (These stages are called asrama ~ halting place and 4 stages of life).
Some say sanyas, or priests are perhaps hiding from the pressures of life… who are we to judge. We are on this path and NO ONE will be left behind - " no effort is ever lost" says Krsna to Arjuna. It may take a few trips to get it right. All should be praised for the effort and intent to reach Atman.
It's when the time is right , one should consider this sanyasin stage, yet it is not for all. The goal, albeit sanyasin or grhastha (householder) is to improve and develop. This can be called sanskrtam - or "sam" - to complete/make perfect + "kr" = to do like. Some say sanskrtam is to polish and make perfect.
Brahmavid brahmaiva bhavati
The knower of Brahman is Brahman itself - Mundaka Upanishad
~~~~~
Namaste,
This question of renunciation has pondered many a seeker for the millennium. What are your thoughts here? Here's a few ideas. Please add to the conversation.
The house holder (grhastha) has struggled with this - " I have my family duty yet I seek enlightenment- how do I leave my responsibilities?" . How does one reconcile this?
The notion of renunciation is to give up or renounce . What is one giving up? It’s the notion that what I see around me, is not me. That " I am not this" - I renounce that I am not that ( niti niti !! as the wise say). I am not change/relative field of life. I am THAT ( unchanging all pervading SELF).
With this , we can renounce 2X per day when we transcend or meditiate - we are "giving up" the relative field of life and grooming our awareness to become established in the SELF 7x24x365.
...What are they doing anyway?
Some choose to become a sanyasa - "sam" = complete, make perfect and "ni" = down + "as" = to throw . With sanyasa" to throw down completely/to make perfect" . To throw down the relative world completely and pursue Kevalya or Liberation full time. It’s the decision and fullness of intent is needed to pursue this goal . Its also considered the last stage in human life after all duty has been performed in
The other 3 stages. (These stages are called asrama ~ halting place and 4 stages of life).
Some say sanyas, or priests are perhaps hiding from the pressures of life… who are we to judge. We are on this path and NO ONE will be left behind - " no effort is ever lost" says Krsna to Arjuna. It may take a few trips to get it right. All should be praised for the effort and intent to reach Atman.
It's when the time is right , one should consider this sanyasin stage, yet it is not for all. The goal, albeit sanyasin or grhastha (householder) is to improve and develop. This can be called sanskrtam - or "sam" - to complete/make perfect + "kr" = to do like. Some say sanskrtam is to polish and make perfect.
Brahmavid brahmaiva bhavati
The knower of Brahman is Brahman itself - Mundaka Upanishad