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CHAPTER 22. SANNYAS IS OF THE HIGHEST
One cannot be a seeker without being a sannyasin, because to be a seeker is the beginning of
sannyas. A seeker is one who is seeking sannyas. What else can a seeker do except seek sannyas,
except practice and perfect sannyas? He has to gradually transcend the pains and pleasures of
the world and attain to bliss. He has to transcend the doer and attain to witnessing. He has to go
beyond his ego and attain to emptiness. He has to transcend matter and be one with God. All these
things are collectively known as sannyas.
Being a seeker means he is starting on a journey to sannyas. A seeker is a beginner on the path
of sannyas, and a siddha, an adept, is one who has fulfilled his sannyas. The whole of seeking is
directed towards sannyas. A seeker is one who is in search of sannyas.
But always remember what my sannyas means. It is a journey to positive achievement, to
achievement of the immense, the infinite.
Question 3
QUESTIONER: WHAT WOULD BE THE DAILY ROUTINE, THE DISCIPLINE OF YOUR
SANNYASIN?
You ask what the daily routine of my sannyasin would be. It is not a question of my sannyasin. How
can anyone be my sannyasin? He or she will be just a sannyasin. And what would be his routine,
his schedule of daily life, his discipline?
If we try to impose a fixed daily routine on a sannyasin, it is bound to harm him instead of doing any
good. Someone asked a Zen sage, ”What is your everyday routine?”
The sage said, ”When I am sleepy I sleep, and when I wake up I am awake. When I am hungry
I eat and I don’t eat when I am not hungry.” And the sage is right. A sannyasin is one who does
not impose something on himself, who takes life as it is and lives it very naturally, spontaneously,
moment to moment
We are a strange people. When we feel like sleeping we resist it, and when we cannot sleep we
chant mantras and try to get to sleep somehow. We eat when we are not hungry, and we don’t eat
when we are hungry, because we have a fixed schedule of eating according to the clock. That is
how we destroy the inner harmony of our body, and that is why we are in a mess.
A sannyasin will live in accord with the wisdom of the body. He will sleep when he feels sleepy,
and he will wake up when his sleep is over. He will not wake up in what the Hindus call the
brahmamuhurta, the divine hour, the hour before dawn. Whenever he wakes up will be his
brahmamuhurta. He will say, ”When God brings me out of sleep, I call it my BRAHMAMUHURTA.”
He will live naturally, easily, spontaneously.
That is why I cannot give you a routine, a discipline of living. You will be in trouble, you will suffer if I
impose any discipline on you, because I will determine it the way it suits me, and my way of life can
never be yours. If I tell you to wake up every morning at three o’clock, maybe waking up at three is
blissful for me, but it will ruin your health.
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