Philosophy

Ch. 6 The Practice of Dhyāna (Part 1)

Note

jñānārhaté saṃnyāsādé
saṃnyasipudu karmaphalavano karmavano
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enaṃ karmadoḷillaṃ
tānénuvudu seré karmadóḷagadu kaluṣaṃ
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Saṃnyāsa makes one fit for knowledge
What should we give up, karma or its fruit?
Karma itself is pure, faultless.
It only becomes impure by the feeling of ‘I’.

svāntada śodhanéyappudu
santatakarmātta lokasaṃparkagaḷim
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antantaśśodhitadai-
kāntada dṛṣṭiyiné pūrṇatattvaṃ doréguṃ
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Ch. 5 Yoga of Harmony of Karma and Jñāna (Part 2)

The phrase hita-nirata (engaged in welfare) does not involve merely uttering homilies. It means those who internally resolve to act towards universal welfare and ensure that those resolutions are acted upon externally. It is thus not necessary for a saṃnyāsin to give up activity that yields in the well-being of the world. But such activities have to be performed with an extraordinary mindset. The activity referred to here is interacting with the world – taking from the world and giving back to it.