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seed. Vyavasthit shakti brings together the appropriate
environment and circumstances and the resulting banyan tree is
due to it’s own inherent prakrut attributes.
The knowledge of prakruti is amazing and immense! It is
easy to cross a river but you cannot cross the river of the
prakruti.
Renunciation
There are three forms of renunciation :
1) Renunciation precipitated through suffering :
People renounce their worldly life because of the suffering they
have to endure in it. A person will abandon his worldly life and
commitments at the expense of his family. He thinks that his
worldly problems can be solved by renunciation and that the
only suffering he will have to endure is to go around bare feet
begging for his meals, which he is willing to endure. What are
the consequences of such a renunciation? He will have to wander
for countless lifetimes.
2) Renunciation for the reward of worldly gains : A
person who renounces his worldly life and commitments in the
greed of gaining disciples, respect, fame, praise and worship.
He too will have to wander for countless lives.
3) Renunciation for acquiring Gnan : This is the true
form of renunciation. Rare is the person who will take
renunciation for the purpose of knowing the Self. But it is very
difficult to acquire this Gnan.
This knowledge can only be acquired through a Gnani,
after which true renunciation will begin through the light of that
knowledge.
Focused Awareness Of The self And Self
There are four types of upayog (focusing of the awareness