[Advaita-l] (no subject)

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 11:49 AM Harsh Raval via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Hello
> My name is harsh.
> I have one question.
>
> Can a person attain self realization while living in grihastha ashram and
> doing worldy activities(doing a job)?
>
> For eg:- For doing wordly activities one requires to be turn outwards
> whereas to contemplate on aatma one requires to turn inwards?
>
> So can a person desiring self realization devote half of his time to wordly
> activities and half to meditate on aatma attain self realization?
>

Shankaracharya accepts this situation.   In the Bhagavadgita 4.20
commentary he says: Actions together with their accessories must be
relinquished by one who has become thus, because they have no end to
serve. *This
being so, api, even though; he remains abhi-pravrttah, engaged as before;
karmani, in actions-getting out of those (actions) being impossible-, *either
with the intention of preventing people from going astray or with a view to
avoiding the censure of the wise people; sah, he; eva, really; na karoti,
does not do; kincit, anything, because he is endued with the realization of
the actionless Self.

What is highlighted above is a situation where a householder, becomes
enlightened but is not in a condition to renounce hearth and home for some
compelling reason.  Such a one will continue to perform his enjoined
grihastha vedic karma....

 विदुषा क्रियमाणं कर्म परमार्थतोऽकर्मैव, तस्य
निष्क्रियात्मदर्शनसम्पन्नत्वात् । तेन एवंभूतेन स्वप्रयोजनाभावात् ससाधनं कर्म
 परित्यक्तव्यमेव इति प्राप्ते, *ततः निर्गमासम्भवात्* लोकसङ्ग्रहचिकीर्षया
शिष्टविगर्हणापरिजिहीर्षया वा पूर्ववत् कर्मणि अभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि
निष्क्रियात्मदर्शनसम्पन्नत्वात् नैव किञ्चित् करोति सः ॥ २० ॥

regards
subbu

>
> If yes then how?
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