In English
It has been said that renunciation is essential for this. What is renunciation? People define it as giving up house, wife, family, and wealth and retiring to the forests. This is a grossly mistaken definition. Renunciation is to be able to consider sorrow and joy with the same vision. It is to be able to experience criticism and praise with the same feeling. It is to be able to endure and enjoy both loss and gain in the same light. True renunciation is the destruction of the feeling of duality. Renunciation is marked by faith in Divinity. Hence, renunciation does not mean giving up everything. Let anyone praise you or censure you; receive both with the same poise. Do not be ecstatic with joy, nor be crushed when sorrow strikes. Do not weep when censured, nor laugh when venerated. This is true renunciation. Many do not understand the real meaning of renunciation and take it as meaning giving up everything. Nothing need be given up, except for the differences and duality.