ESSAYS

There are two ways to renounce the world: one through shared restraint, the other through inner understanding. The Amish embody collective renunciation — a moral withdrawal from the noise of modernity — while the sannyasi represents inner renunciation, seeing the world itself as maya. Both point toward the same peace found not by addition, but by relinquishment.

A reflection on the quiet stage of spiritual life when worldly pursuits lose their grip, revealing the ripening of dispassion (vairagya) and the turn toward inner peace.

What does renunciation look like in the modern world? This essay explores the essence of sannyāsa today—not as a withdrawal from life, but as a quiet freedom from identity, rooted in clarity and simplicity.