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This weblog has been created for the purpose of understanding, practicing and studying the life of the renunciate, in all its colors, shapes and flavors...

As an introduction I feel it is important to emphasize and recognize the fact that, when true renunciation (vairagya) takes place, being this an inner realization, it doesn't necessarily expresses itself in what i would call here outward sannyasa.

To use the words of the Buddha:

"Not by adopting the outward form does one truly becomes a bikkhu. He who wholly subdues evil, both great and small, is called a bikkhu".

Now, once this is recognized and understood, we still have to deal with one more thing... Because of prarabdha karma (fruit of karmas done by one in former lives) there are beings that have a natural lean towards a simple life, namely asceticism. When this is so, the external aspects of sannyasa manifest themselves without even one deciding upon it, therefore there is no struggle, no absurd ideas of self righteousness, not even attachment to its own exoterical approach, there is only pure joy!... simplicity... This, I feel, is the healthiest way to follow that beautiful stream.

As you can see this is not a space for debate or conflict of any kind, but for all of those that somehow have witnessed not only the beauty of such path but also its many rewards, and through this recognition they honor, value and appreciate both, the inner and outer aspects of it.

Whatever you feel is useful for you, then take it...whatever you feel is inaccurate or useless for you, then leave it.

Here you will find posts on renunciation, sannyasa, ascetism, the life of the bikkhu, the monk, the hermit, the saddhu, the anchorite, the mendicant, the solitary, the wanderer, the pilgrim, etc.

May our innermost mental knots be untied...

domingo, 18 de agosto de 2013

blistered feet, blissful mind...

India is a very intense country... huuuuge, colorful, beautiful, awkward, religious, spiritual... you name it!
It is very easy to get caught in that which the senses perceive... Ones level of apperception must be very keen to pierce the veil of forms and dwell in its essence...

Regarding this matter I have found very useful to stop once a while for 2-3 days either in a secluded forest or in an ashram...

There you find the most appropriate conditions to recollect yourself through silence and meditation....
And through that silence, revelation beyond what has been seen takes place...
Insight ripens... alienation sets in...
There also you can rest your weary feet, give the body its proper care and, perhaps, receive the darshana of the Guru or Sadguru.

And then again, being faithful to your call, you gird your loins with might and set yourself in the wings of the wind!
with nothing else in front of you than total uncertainty and the lack of all foothold...

By then, each heart beat should shout out loud; Come what may!

all is well...
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