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R. Skrintha
• Sat May 24 1997 - 08:32:06 PDT
Dear Bhagawathas,
Sri Raja Krishnasamy wrote:-
>Can a person forget all his earthly duties and follow the path of
>sharaNagathi - such as a grihasthan to solely follow the path of
>sharaNagathi or even take sanyasam before providing for his family?
Once a married lady asked this of Sri RamaNa Maharshi. He replied saying that
the practice of SAdhana/Bhakthi may be pursued in whatever one's environment is.
When she continued by citing examples of people who _did_ shed worldly life
in pursuit of Truth, His cryptic reply was that if she were destined to do so,
her question wd never have arisen!
>How do our scriptures address this issue ?
Hari Om,
srikanth
