Happiness
and Sorrow originates from the attachment of an object to the person
who relates to it.To accept or renounce an object depends on the
person's relationship to that object.The happiness in accepting the
object, which a person experiences will not be there when the person
renounces the object.This is because there is an inherent feeling that
the object belongs to me.
There are 2 types of desires.One in which a person sacrifices
something because he does not like it and another is where he accepts
something because of liking. To Sacrifice something which a person does
not like and the freedom experienced after that are the same.
Renunciation should be understood in a different way.When you
sacrifice something which you don't like it cannot be called
Renunciation.Renunciation is something which you like and sacrifice it
for the benefit and prosperity of others.When you sacrifice something
which gives you sorrow that does not mean it can give happiness to the
person who accepted it.
Lets look at an example of a farmer who has got a cow which has got
some disease.Normally what the farmer would do is to sell off the cow
for whatever money he gets.The farmer does not even think that the
difficulty he encountered with the sick cow is passed on to the person
who buys it.Even if the farmer donates the cow by hiding the illness
then also it cannot be called Renunciation as his action is involved
with cheating and falsehood involved in hiding the disease of the cow.
Renunciation is sacrificing something which gave happiness and
prosperity so that the person who accepts also enjoy the same level of
happiness and prosperity.
The above points are taken from Padapooja book written by Jagadguru
Swami Sathyananda Saraswathi Tiruvadikal .This book is an exhaustive
text on the Guru -Shishya relation between BrahmaSree Neelakanta
Gurupadar and Swamiji and the significance of the interactions of the
Guru with the disciples and devotees.
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