The Essential Sri Anandamayi Ma by Anandamayi Ma

Author:Anandamayi Ma
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-933316-41-3
Publisher: World Wisdom

With Ānandamayī Mā’s stress on finding the One as the cure-all, what is the role of renunciation? Is total renunciation required of those who are earnest about their sādhanā? Actually the mass of mankind are renunciants of a sort, for they renounce God, who is Supreme Bliss, for the sake of paltry temporary material pleasures. When that true Reality has been contacted, all cravings will drop off. “Worldly things seem tedious, quite foreign to oneself;worldly talk loses all its appeal, becomes devoid of interest and at a further stage even painful.…To the extent that one becomes estranged from the world of the senses one draws nearer to God. If man only knew that he is settling for synthetic pleasures while he could have real ever-lasting joy, the question of renunciation would not be a matter of struggle. As it is, only few are ready to pledge themselves formally to complete renunciation and become homeless wanderers (saṁnyāsis). Ānandamayī Mā warns strongly against taking the vows of renunciation before one is truly prepared for this step.As long as one is inwardly plagued by cravings and prone to hatred, anger, and fear, withdrawing to the Himalayas is delusion. Mere outward renunciation will not do. Wearing the ochre robe of renunciation may help some to live up to their vows, but eventually one must reach a state where one is no longer in need of such a reminder. After all, even an ochre robe is part of delusion. It might also tempt one to spiritual pride. No hard and fast rules apply to any path.To illustrate this point She mentioned that She had met a man who had been a saṁnyāsi. After years of strenuous effort he had made no apparent spiritual progress and in desperation he had abandoned his life of renunciation. Shortly thereafter he attained enlightenment.

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