There is no need to renounce anything, other then ignorance. Renouncing the worldly life and becoming a sanyasi is not needed for self-realization. Sanyasa is not the means to Self-Realization. Sanyasa is nothing to do with the ultimate truth. Whatever renounced on the base of physical self cannot be the qualification to acquire the self-knowledge. A Gnani is aware of the fact that, the soul is the true self, and the three states are unreal.There is no use of giving up the worldly life and become a monk or sanyasi, in order to get self-realization, because all the physical action is part of the illusion. Illusion is caused by the ignorance of the true self. When self is not physical, then what is the use of renunciation which is based on the physical self? Renunciation is a religious idea and it is greatest obstacle in pursuit of truth. The sanyasi thinks he is an individual separate from the world therefore; he will not be able to renounce the ignorance. Therefore, he is not qualified for self-knowledge.
Religionists cannot take a comprehensive view and so decry what they cannot understand.
There is no need to give up anything in order to acquire nondual wisdom, but to know “What is truth “and “What is untruth” in order to assimilate self-knowledge.
The method of asceticism is only for a lower stage where one gives up externally in order helping one get into the internal attitude of freedom from desire. The mental renunciation is higher.
