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Priya Sundar jee,

You have written that sankara all actions should also be renounced.But in the

verse 6.1 its explicitly warned that complete refrain from action is not yoga

but only resignation of fruits of those actions.

anashritah Karmaphalam karya karma karoti yah

sah Yogi ca sanyasi ca na niragniha ca akriyah

Dhanyawad,

Vinayak

Vinayak

sunderh <sunderh wrote: Namaste Ramji,

 

This is wholly in accord with Gita 6:2 & 4;

'sarva-sankalpa-sanyasi' .

 

However, in you previous message, you stated one has to focus

on action alone. This is not the interpretation of Shankara, who says:

"When a yogin, keeping the mind steadfast, feels no attachment for the

objects of the senses......, nor thinks that he has to do any

action-whether nitya [obligatory] or naimittika [obligatory and

incidental] or kamya [done with a motive] or pratishiddha [forbidden

by law]- regarding it has no use to him;.....The words 'renouncing all

thoughts' imply that all desires as well as all actions should be

renounced....."

 

 

Regards,

 

Sunder

 

 

 

 

advaitin, "ramvchandran" <rchandran@c...> wrote:

Please also note that "renunciation of

> all thoughts" implies 'Self-realization" because thoughts are the

> clouds which obstruct the light of wisdom.

>

>

> advaitin, "sunderh" <sunderh> wrote:

> > Namaste,

> >

> > The central theme of the Gita is NOT renunciation! It is

> > realisation of the SELF - the Immanent and the Transcendent.

> > Renunciation is the critical element in that process.

>

> >

> >

> >

> > advaitin, "ramvchandran" <rchandran@c...> wrote:

> > > Namaste:

> > >

> > > The central theme of Gita is the renunciation of all thoughts on

> the

> > > fruits of action and instead focus on the action. >

 

 

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