Atma Jnani Is A Good Karma Yogi

Sri Ramana Maharshi

Q. How can I escape from samsara which seems to be the real cause for making the mind restless? Is not renunciation an effective means to realize tranquility of mind?

Samsara is only in your mind. The world does not speak out saying, "Here I am, the world". If it did, it would be ever there, making its presence felt by you even in your sleep. Since, however, it is not there in sleep, it is impermanent. Being impermanent, it lacks substance. Having no reality apart from the Self it is easily subdued by the Self. The Self alone is permanent. Renunciation is the non-identification of the Self with the not-Self. When the ignorance which identifies the Self with the not-Self is removed, not-Self ceases to exist, and that is true renunciation.

Q. Can we not perform actions without attachment even in the absence of such renunciation?

At atma jnani alone can be a good karma yogi.

Q. Does Bhagavan condemn dvaita philosophy?

Dvaita can subsist only when you identify the Self with the not-Self. Advaita is non-identification.