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Articles: Devotion | God realization
- Prof. venkata ramanamurty mallajosyula
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“Conclusion of Gita” was written during the last month and included the seven steps for God realization. It is essential to know in detail as to what exactly the seven steps contain about renunciation for God realization:
The Seven steps for God realization:
1.Total Renunciation of Prohibited Acts:
This is non-performance, in any way what so ever, through mind, speech and the body, low acts prohibited by the scriptures, such as, theft, adultery, falsehood, deception, fraud, oppression, violence, taking of interdicted food and wrong-doing, etc.
2.Renunciation of Acts performed for the satisfaction of Worldly Desired:
This is non-performance of sacrifices, charities, austerities, worship and other desire- born. Actions, with a selfish motive, for gaining objects of enjoyment. e.g., wife, progeny, and wealth etc., or with the object of curing diseases and terminating other forms of suffering. This is the second type of renunciation.
3.Total Renunciation of Worldly Thirst.:
Honor, fame, social prestige, wife, progeny, wealth and whatever other transient objects are automatically gained by the force of Prarbdha (karma, which has begun to bear fruit),the desire for their increase should be regarded as an obstacle in God Realization, and renounced. This is the third type of renunciation.
4.Renunciation of the Habit of extracting Service from others with a selfish motive:
Asking for money or, demanding services from another, for personal happiness: And acceptance of things and service given without one’s asking for the same; or entertaining any desire in the mind for getting by any means one’s self-interest served by another; all these and similar ideas of getting service from another for the satisfaction of self-interest should be renounced. This is the fourth type of renunciation.
5.Total renunciation of Indolence and desire for Fruit in the Performance o all Duties:
Whatever duties there are, e.g., cultivation of devotion to God, worship of the celestials, Service of the parents and other elders, performance of sacrifices, charities and austerities, maintenance of the household through the earning of livelihood by means of works assigned as according to the Varnasrama system, and taking of food, and drink etc, for the body_ in the performance of these, indolence and every form of desire should be renounced.
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