The
Doctrine of Renunciation
In
vedas and upanishads renunciation
is united with enjoyment and is called 'त्यागभोग'।
Actuated
with self-consciousness, you can enjoy the resources on this earth.
You shall not covet anything because the universe is covered or
indwelt by the Almighty and the wealth belongs to no one but the
supreme soul. Anyone can consume or enjoy with a surrender to the
paramathma, the supreme soul but
has no right to own anything. To own anything means to refuse the
right of others to enjoy. All creations are part of the brahma
and
each has the same right to enjoy .Enjoyment of anything with genuine
spirit of this renunciation, seeing the power of the supreme soul in
everything, is said to be the real sacrifice where the enjoyment of
the power of the Almighty is possible within.
Sometimes we may think 'I shall
give away all my wealth' or 'I have only God in my mind' and so on.
This ''I''or ''my'' moods entered in sacrifice casts the shadow of
egoism and such sacrifice can't be the real renunciation. One has to
make the real experience of the existence of the Supreme Soul within
only with riddance of the egoistic thoughts . The selfless
renunciation, no doubt, is sacred but can't be a perfect one when
there is the shade of the thought of being a selfless renouncer.
Prayer, fasting, performing rituals
and such sacrifices done with devotion, in order to gain certain goal
are not the real renunciation. As the Geetha says “
karmanyevadhikarasthe maa phaleshu kadhachana”(
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते
मा फलेषू कदाचन).
Do your duty, don't expect anything in return. It is called 'nishkama
karmam' i.e. duty done without any desire of its result.
The first sloka of 'Ishavasya
upanishad' says
ishavasyamidam sarvam
yathkincha jagathyam jagath
thena
thyakthena bhunjeetha ma grudha kasyasvid dhanam
One
has to enjoy whatever ordained to one,with a sense of renunciation,
not coveting what has been ordained for others.
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ഒരു അഭിപ്രായം പോസ്റ്റ് ചെയ്യൂ