DO NOT WASTE ENERGY TO EITHER HOLD ONTO OR RUN AWAY FROM THE WORLD ,i.e., BE DETACHED - बिना राग (attachment) या द्वेष (hatred) के - BE MERELY AS A WITNESS - BE IN THE WORLD & OFFER ALL YOUR DUTIES LOVINGLY AS DEVOTIONAL SERVICE TO LORD
(life is to be lived the way it is designed to - as per the Art of Living, i.e., तन धन चाहे संसार में लगाएं मगर मन को प्रभु में लगाएं - then there is no duality, no tension, no anxiety, only happiness
त्याग कभी देह के धरातल पर नहीं घटता, मन के धरातल पर घटता है
(sacrifice always happens at the level of mind (मन), NOT AT THE BODY LEVEL
संसार को मत छोड़िये, भगवान को पकड़िये
जो अनावश्यक होगा, अपने आप छूट जायेगा, और जो आवश्यक होगा रह जाएगा
मगर ध्यान रहे कि अनुशासन हो, उतशृंखलता नहीं
स्वतंत्रता में आनंद है, उतशृंखलता में नहीं
अनुशासन =discipline,
उतशृंखलता = मनमानी / indisciplined agitatated mind
DO NOT TRY TO TO WASTE ENERGY TO EITHER HOLD ONTO OR RUN AWAY FROM THE WORLD, i.e., BE DETACHED - बिना राग (attachment) या द्वेष (hatred) के - INSTEAD HOLD ON TO LORD ,i.e., FOCUS ALL YOUR ENERGY & LOVE ONLY ON ONE GOD (GOD IS ONLY ONE), WHATEVER IS UNNECESSARY WILL AUTOMATICALLY DROP BY ITSELF
Detailed description of renouncement < Click to read
video 1 < click to listen आप अपनी शक्ति संसार को छोड़ने में मत लगाइए प्रभु को पकड़ने में लगाइए
video 2 < click to listen
video 3 < click to listen < video 2 & 3: there is automatic detachment from world after love develops in Lord
video 4 < click to listen - God only ordered Dhruv & Prahlad to remain in the world
video 5 < click to listen मत सोचिए कि संसार एक ओर है और भजन दूसरी ओर है, एक कर दीजिए दोनों को यानि अपने प्रत्येक कर्म को ही भक्ति बना लीजिए - फिर आपकी हर क्रिया भक्ति बन जाएगी - THIS IS THE REAL ART OF LIVING
video 6 < click to listen, Narad ji says renounce, restrict from your "mind" of these external crutches (wealth,home,family, relations etc.) & attainments and external supports (but be in the world) & take shelter of Lord
Gita Shloka 5.2 : Without Kṛṣṇa consciousness, mere renunciation of fruitive activities does not actually purify the heart of a conditioned soul. As long as the heart is not purified, one has to work on the fruitive platform. But action in Kṛṣṇa consciousness automatically helps one escape the result of fruitive action so that one need not descend to the material platform. Therefore action in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is always superior to renunciation, which always entails a risk of falling. Renunciation without Kṛṣṇa consciousness is incomplete.
(so, do not waste energy to either hold onto or run away from the world but develop loving devotional service of the Lord)
Srimad Bhagvat 1.12.28: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam gives the right knowledge of one’s own self, and by hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam one can get free from material attachment and enter into the kingdom of fearlessness. This material world is fearfulness. Its prisoners are always fearful as within a prison house.
In the prison house no one can violate the jail rules and regulations, and violating the rules means another term for extension of prison life.
Similarly, we in this material existence are always fearful. This fearfulness is called anxiety. Everyone in the material life, in all species and varieties of life, is full of anxieties, either by breaking or without breaking the laws of nature. Liberation, or mukti, means getting relief from these constant anxieties. This is possible only when the anxiety is changed to the devotional service of the Lord.
(so, do not waste energy to either hold onto or run away from the world but develop loving devotional service of the Lord)
Srimad Bhagvat 5.14.44 : He could renounce everything because he was so attracted to the beauty, opulence, reputation, knowledge, strength and renunciation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is so attractive that one can give up all desirable things for His sake. Indeed, even liberation is considered insignificant for those whose minds are attracted to the loving service of the Lord.
(so, do not waste energy to either hold onto or run away from the world but develop loving devotional service of the Lord)
Srimad Bhagvat 9.9.12: Mother Ganges is worshiped by the water of the Ganges: a devotee takes a little water from the Ganges and offers it back to the Ganges. When the devotee takes the water, mother Ganges does not lose anything, and when the water is offered back, mother Ganges does not increase, but in this way the worshiper of the Ganges is benefited. Similarly, a devotee of the Lord offers the Lord patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyam — a leaf, flower, fruit or water — in great devotion, but everything, including the leaf, flower, fruit and water, belongs to the Lord, and therefore there is nothing to renounce or to accept. One must simply take advantage of the bhakti process because by following this process one does not lose anything but one gains the favor of the Supreme Person.
(so, do not waste energy to either hold onto or run away from the world but develop loving devotional service of the Lord)
In the Bhagavad-gitä (18.66) Lord Krsna advises Arjuna to give up all processes of self-realization and surrender unto Him only.
Knowledge of the self, knowledge of the localized Supersoul, knowledge of executing the work prescribed for the four divisions of human society, knowledge of renunciation, knowledge of detachment, knowledge of controlling the senses and the mind, knowledge of meditation, and knowledge of how to acquire material power by mystic perfection—all these are different kinds of "shelters" leading to various degrees of spiritual perfection.
But the Lord's last instruction in the Bhagavad-gitä is that one should give up all these different shelters and simply take to His loving devotional service, and this surrender to the Lord will save one from all kinds of sinful reaction. In other words, direct attachment for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, and engagement in His transcendental service are the topmost perfections of spiritual life.
above 2 paras quoted, click this
