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[Raja Krishnamurti]

 No one is excluded in trying to attain REalization. Because everyone is born a Shudra at birth according to Upanishads. A Grigastha who sincerely does his duties and karmas is better suited than a fake sanyassi in orange robes. Well who am I to judge? I should be the witness. I should focus on how should I work towards my own Realization. Best example is Lord Rama. Lord Siva is a Gruhastha himself.Best Regards,Raja

    On Sunday, April 10, 2022, 07:44:25 AM PDT, Aravinda Rao via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:  
 
 There is a sloka supporting what Sri Srinivasamurthy said.
कृष्णो भोगी शुकस्त्यागी नृपौ जनकराघवौ।
वशिष्ठः कर्मनिरतः पञ्चैते ज्ञानिनः समाः।।
All the five, though in diverse fields were jnanis equally.
Aravinda Rao

On Sun, Apr 10, 2022, 7:54 PM sreenivasa murthy via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

>  Dear Sri Harsh Raval,
> Kindly note that the sages to whom the The Absolute revealed Its True
> SvarUpawere all gRuhastAs. You go through the ten principal Upanishads, You
> will see father teaching Brahmavidya to his eldest son. You will see Kings
> teaching Brahmavidya. You will see brahmavidya being taught to a
> householder.  A gruhasta with two wives and who was running a school taught
> Brahmavidya
> to a king.  The most important and essential qualification  the student
> should posess before starting the journey is given out by the mantra from
> Kathopanishad
> thus : "yamEvaiSha vRuNutE vivRuNutE tanuM svAm".
> In the 20th century there was Sage in Kerala who was a government
> employee.His name was Sri Krishna Menon (Sri Atmanada). He was a gruhasta.
> You can read his biography and get vastly benifitted from the Book "The
> Spiritual Discourses Of Sri Atmanada"which is available on the web.
>
> So according to the tradition of the Sages of Upanishads the gruhasta has
> every right to take up the study of The Vedanta for Atmajnana provided he
> has the necessary mental make up.
> With respectful regards,Sreenivasa Murthy
>
>    On Sunday, 10 April, 2022, 07:19:34 am GMT+1, 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?
>
> If yes then how?
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