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Q.: Is surrender a means to overcome and vanquish the vasanas [tendancies of the mind], thus resulting in Realisation?
B.: Yes: provided it is unconditional, surrender is a fool proof way to Realise the Self.
Q.: What is the guarantee that I shall Realise the Self if I surrender?
B.: You are missing the point of surrender.
Q.: How so?
B.: To surrender is to let go of everything without anticipating or expecting anything in return. Letting go of everything also encompasses abandoning the aspiration to Realise the Self. Suppose you are holding a red-hot iron ball. Your hand is quivering in unbearable pain. Somebody suggests to you that you let go.
If your response is, “What benefit will I obtain if I let go?” will not the other person wonder, “Poor fellow! The pain of holding that dreadful thing in his hand – has it addled his brains?”
That is how it is to me having now listened to your question. Samsara is intolerably painful. Why look for reasons to let go of it?
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