[Advaita-l] (no subject)

[Ven Balakrishnan]

Dear Subbu-ji

My understanding of Sankara is that sannyasa - before and after- is inevitable. The exception that you note is very specific - for the good of the world. Sankara in his introduction to Aitreya Up makes this very clear.  No?

Best wishes,
venkat

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> On 10 Apr 2022, at 11:09, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 11:49 AM Harsh Raval via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hello
>> My name is harsh.
>> I have one question.
>> 
>> Can a person attain self realization while living in grihastha ashram and
>> doing worldy activities(doing a job)?
>> 
>> For eg:- For doing wordly activities one requires to be turn outwards
>> whereas to contemplate on aatma one requires to turn inwards?
>> 
>> So can a person desiring self realization devote half of his time to wordly
>> activities and half to meditate on aatma attain self realization?
>> 
> 
> Shankaracharya accepts this situation.   In the Bhagavadgita 4.20
> commentary he says: Actions together with their accessories must be
> relinquished by one who has become thus, because they have no end to
> serve. *This
> being so, api, even though; he remains abhi-pravrttah, engaged as before;
> karmani, in actions-getting out of those (actions) being impossible-, *either
> with the intention of preventing people from going astray or with a view to
> avoiding the censure of the wise people; sah, he; eva, really; na karoti,
> does not do; kincit, anything, because he is endued with the realization of
> the actionless Self.
> 
> What is highlighted above is a situation where a householder, becomes
> enlightened but is not in a condition to renounce hearth and home for some
> compelling reason.  Such a one will continue to perform his enjoined
> grihastha vedic karma....
> 
> विदुषा क्रियमाणं कर्म परमार्थतोऽकर्मैव, तस्य
> निष्क्रियात्मदर्शनसम्पन्नत्वात् । तेन एवंभूतेन स्वप्रयोजनाभावात् ससाधनं कर्म
> परित्यक्तव्यमेव इति प्राप्ते, *ततः निर्गमासम्भवात्* लोकसङ्ग्रहचिकीर्षया
> शिष्टविगर्हणापरिजिहीर्षया वा पूर्ववत् कर्मणि अभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि
> निष्क्रियात्मदर्शनसम्पन्नत्वात् नैव किञ्चित् करोति सः ॥ २० ॥
> 
> regards
> subbu
> 
>> 
>> If yes then how?
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