[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Karma for a spiritual aspirant - A Chatgpt dialogue and a few inputs from Shankara

[Bhaskar YR]

praNAms
Hare Krishna

An enlightening dialogue…Yes, karma needs to be performed as per shAstra vidhi to get the chitta Shuddhi, (karma phala sannyasa, karma yOga etc. recommended for this) but question remains is when the sAdhaka with all sincerity, right from the beginning (like ramaNa) yearn for Atma jnAna with real vairagya whether he has to do karma??  In his case also performing karma is mandatory??  Is the performance of karma is mandatory pre-requisite to elevate himself to jnAna mArga??  Is the karma is the useful means to / anga / sAdhana to get mOksha??  No, I think, this genuine sAdhaka with vairagya can start his jnAna sAdhana (shravaNAdi sAdhana) without completing the obligation of karma sAdhana….mOkshamicchan sadA karma tyajedeva sasAdhanaM, tyajataiva hi tatjneyaM tyaktuH pratyak paraM padaM…neither there is suggestion of jnAna-karma samucchaya in post jnAna period.  Kena bhAshya talks about it if I remember correctly.

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
bhaskar