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[V Subrahmanian]

On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 4:04 PM Ven Balakrishnan via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> 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?
>

This has been argued at great lengths. Some go to the extent of saying: In
the case of those who are non-sannyasins but enlightened, one must infer
that they had taken sannyasa in an earlier birth. There is no end to
arguing.

regards
subbu

>
> Best wishes,
> venkat
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > 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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