Renounce attachment even to moksha

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Renounce attachment even to moksha

 

gItA, 5.10 says:--

 

brahmaNyAdhAya karmANi sangam tyaktvA karoti yaH |

 

lipyate na sa pApena padmapatramivAmbhasA ||

 

This means: " One who acts by dedicating actions to brahman and by renouncing

attachment, does not become tainted by sin, just as a lotus leaf is not made

wet by water " .

 

In his bhAshya on this shloka Shri Shankara says, " mokshe api phale sangam

tyaktvA " . This means that one should renounce attachment even to moksha

which is the result sought to be attained. This may look contradictory to

the stipulation that mumukshutvam or intense yearning for liberation is one

of the essential qualifications to be acquired by the spiritual aspirant.

However, there is really no contradiction. While desire for moksha, which

arises from the realization of the insubstantiality of all worldly

achievements, is essential, attachment to the result is an evil, like the

attachment to the result of any action. In practical terms what this means

is that the spiritual aspirant should not be obsessed with the thought, " I

have been practising spiritual disciplines so long; when will I get

realization? " . He should continue his practices, believing that they will

bear fruit when God wills.

 

There is a similar statement in the bhAshya on gItA, 2.48. The shloka is:--

 

yogasthaH kuru karmANi sangam tyaktvA dhananjaya |

 

siddhyasiddhyoH samo bhUtvA samatvam yoga ucyate ||

 

The meaning of this shloka is: " By being established in Yoga, O Dhananjaya

(Arjuna), perform actions, casting off attachment and remaining equipoised

in success and failure. Equanimity is called Yoga " .

 

In the bhAshya on this shloka Shri Shankara says: -- O Arjuna, perform

actions for the sake of God alone; even there, casting off attachment in the

form 'God will be pleased with me'. This means that all actions have to be

performed as one's duty and not with the object of pleasing God thereby.

 

Thus attachment of every kind has to be given up, including attachment to

moksha and attachment to the idea 'I am performing action to please God'.

 

S.N.Sastri

 

 

 

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Hare krishna, namaskarams.

 

" S.N. Sastri " <sn.sastri wrote: Renounce

attachment even to moksha

gItA, 5.10 says:--brahmaNyAdhAya karmANi sangam tyaktvA karoti yaH | lipyate na

sa pApena padmapatramivAmbhasA ||

This means: " One who acts by dedicating actions to brahman and by renouncing

attachment, does not become tainted by sin, just as a lotus leaf is not madewet

by water " .

In practical terms what this meansis that the spiritual aspirant should not be

obsessed with the thought, " I have been practising spiritual disciplines so

long; when will I get realization? " . He should continue his practices, believing

that they will bear fruit when God wills.

There is a similar statement in the bhAshya on gItA, 2.48. The shloka is:--

 

yogasthaH kuru karmANi sangam tyaktvA dhananjaya |

siddhyasiddhyoH samo bhUtvA samatvam yoga ucyate ||

 

The meaning of this shloka is: " By being established in Yoga, O Dhananjaya

(Arjuna), perform actions, casting off attachment and remaining equipoised in

success and failure. Equanimity is called Yoga " .

Thus attachment of every kind has to be given up, including attachment to moksha

and attachment to the idea 'I am performing action to please God'.

 

A nice reminder for people like me and in time.number of ocassions I have

thought like that particularly on seeing serials like Sri Krishnaleela and Swami

Ayyappan and moved to tears in particular scenes. some of the dialogues in them

toched the chord somewhere and I lost myself in them .I have asked in same vain

for such things. yes, how true it is that I have to learn still to not ask even

for that Moksha/liberation. oh lord krishna bless me and release me when you

want to. untill such time let me not loose sight of you and be lost in samsara.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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