tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105984.post112619084967336534..comments2023-04-19T08:50:51.636+05:30Comments on anything *wise* under the sun: Mental renunciationAdvaitavedantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945896897761577866noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105984.post-68263162843232522492009-08-19T20:10:22.306+05:302009-08-19T20:10:22.306+05:30Inasmuch, mental renunciation (MR) may or may not ...Inasmuch, mental renunciation (MR) may or may not lead to physical renunciation (PR). Anyway, I was discussing the people who consider MR better than PR; I don't.<br /><br />I know Shankara did not denounce karma, but he did say that jnAna doesn't go hand-in-hand with karma, thereby pointing to physical renunciation. Anyway, you do know now that I'm a traditionalist and the tradition has a singular view here: sannyAsa, physical renunciation. :)Advaitavedantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04945896897761577866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105984.post-91370726014441943742009-08-17T23:15:56.967+05:302009-08-17T23:15:56.967+05:30Not clearly put. Physical renunciation may or may ...Not clearly put. Physical renunciation may or may not help mental renunciation. Actually, if you want to be away from attractions by shutting your eyes, that is the proverbial cat and milk act. Detachment in attachment is mental renunciation. Mental renunciation automatically leads to physical renunciation and not vice versa.<br /><br />Shankara said jnAna is ultimate. But he did not denounce karma which he did all through his life. Worship if you don't it is pApa, but it is not puNya if you worship, he said.Vasant G. Hebbarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812269670304000864noreply@blogger.com