[Advaita-l] The Glory of Sannyasa

[Ravi Kiran]

Thanks much Sri Subramanian Ji, Sri Jaldhar Ji

This clarifies my question.

Regards

On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 11:07 AM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 9:23 PM, Ravi Kiran <ravikiranm108 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Namaste
>>
>> Just a thought..
>>
>> >> And a sanyAsi also does not depend upon any particular thing for
>> security , he does not have a bank balance, a house or >> anything.
>>
>> Is this (parivrajaka / paramahamsa) practical today ?  (without
>> dependency on ashram or mutt or something for sustenance)
>>
>
> Dear Ravi Kiran ji,
>
> Your apprehensions are not out of place. And what Swamiji has stated is
> not what is unreasonable. He has stated the spirit of sannyāsa in clear
> terms. Taking the practicality of the sannyāsa āśrama one has to come to
> terms with physical dependence on a place for contemplation, food, etc. In
> the Yatidharma sangraha of a few centuries old, there is mention of
> sannyasin-s living in a maṭha. The availability of pure food for bhikṣā is
> very difficult in the non-maṭha scenario for there are no functioning
> agrahara-s where vaidika-s live. Someone who has realized the truth can of
> course be anywhere and in any circumstance. For those sannyasin-s who are
> sādhaka-s an infrastructure conducive to their sādhana is required and are
> available too.
>
> Shankara says about a jnani-sannyasin in the BGB that he is not perturbed
> in the least due to non-availability of even the basic requirements for
> sustenance. He is such a one who is not attached to either life or death.
> BGB 9.22. अनन्यदर्शिनस्तु न आत्मार्थं योगक्षेमम् ईहन्ते ; न हि ते जीविते मरणे
> वा आत्मनः गृद्धिं कुर्वन्ति ; केवलमेव भगवच्छरणाः ते………  In the Iśā bhāṣya
> he cites a passage   ‘न जीविते मरणे वा गृधिं  कुर्वीतारण्यमियात् इति पदं
> ततो न पुनरेयात्’ .
>
> Dear Praveen ji,
>
> Could you please look at the word 'gṛdhim' and gṛddhim' in the two
> passages and explain the difference if any or that either of these is a
> printing error?  Thanks.
>
> regards
> subbu
>
> regards
> subbu
>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 3:33 PM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>>> Swami Paramarthananda ji's address on the Gurupurnima:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://vairaagya.wordpress.com/2013/11/01/the-glory-of-sanyasa/
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