Maharshi - Renunciation

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Renunciation

 

Sannyasa or renunciation is not the discarding of external things but of the ego.

To such renouncers (sannyasins) there exists no difference between solitude

and active life. The Rishi Vasishta says :

"Just as a man , whose mind is preoccupied , is not aware of what is in front of him ,

so also the Sage , though engaged in work , is not the doer thereof ,because his mind

is immersed in the Self without the uprising of the ego. Just as a man lying on his bed

dreams that he is falling headlong over a precipice , so also the ignorant person whose

ego is still present , though engaged in deep meditation in solitude ,does not cease to

be the doer of all action."

----------The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi edited by Arthur Osborne

 

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