You can never choose inaction
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One of the worst thing that happened to all our Hindu s monasteries is the wrong understanding of sannyas as the path of inaction. We think that giving up action is the easiest path. But unfortunately, we finally end up giving up only the actions which hurts our ego, not all actions. Understand, giving up of actions completely is almost impossible for you, because you are basically driven by fear and greed. You may give up the actions which your ego does not like, but you cannot give up actions itself. Actually, you need to do exactly the actions which is hurting your ego! Giving up of action does not mean that you will give up partially. No. Giving up of actions means, even the actions of the mind should be given up. Complete unclutching from the body and mind. Naturally, for a human being it is not that easy. How much ever you try, inaction is never possible. That is why I don't give much preference to that path. In the name of inaction and sannyas you can become lazy, arrogant. Not only that, when you start choosing your actions, you develop a laziness which creates deep suffering and psychological torture. Each and every being which feels the individual identity has to execute, has to experience diligence in action. Inaction, laziness, destroys not only your mind's capabilities, it destroys your very body. So evolve in a place where you are constantly inspired towards diligence in action.
