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Br. Shankara discusses these thoughts, and what you can do to develop the attributes needed to hear Sri Krishna’s invitation, and accept it. |
Renunciation is not an austerity, it is a deliberate move toward greater freedom. So why is it hard to truly renounce anything, even mentally? Swami Ranganathananda, in his book Divine Grace, writes: “… When (you) have developed strength, self-reliance and fearlessness, and built up your individuality, based on your humanized ego and in the human context of society and its interactions … Sri Krishna will whisper gently to you: ‘Renounce and surrender all that developed ego to Me, the One Divine Self that dwells in all men and in all nature!’” (P. 16)