Sri Ramana Maharshi
Q. How does a grihasta (householder) fare in the scheme of moksha (liberation)?
Why do you think you are a grihasta? If you go out as a sanyasi, a similar thought (that you are a sanyasi) will haunt you. Whether you continue in the household, or renounce it and go to the forest, your mind haunts you. The ego is the source of thoughts. It creates the body and the world and makes you think you are grihasta. If you renounce the world, it will only substitute the thought sanyasi for grihasta and the environments of the forest for those of the household. But the mental obstacles are always there. They even increase in the new surroundings. There is no help in the change of environment. The obstacle is in the mind. It must be got over whether at home or in the forest. If you can do it in the forest, why not in the home? Then why change the environment? Your efforts can be made even now, in whatever environment you may be.
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