How to practice vairagya?
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How to practice vairagya?
Notice when you start to judge; when you come up against reluctance, discomfort, hostility, or—on the flip side—pleasure, comfort, bliss. Tap into your core and just watch these feelings as they come, then watch them as they go. Allow yourself to rest calmly within your core, free from grasping, free from aversion.
What is Para vairagya?
In Hindu philosophy, para vairagya is the realization of the true means to happiness and self-fulfillment. To attain Para vairagya, a yogi has to develop a spiritual practice that allows for the realization that happiness and contentment come from within, practice can include meditation, mantra and asana.
What is abhyas and Vairagya?
Abhyas and Vairagya Literally the two words translate to “practice” and “non-attachment” respectively. In another literal translation “Abhayas” means “Passion” and “Vairagya” means “Dispassion”, but both the words have much deeper meaning in the Hindu Philosophy of Yoga.
What is detachment Bhagavad Gita?
The Bhagavad Gita, which is surely the basic text on the practice of detachment, is wonderfully explicit on this point. Krishna tells Arjuna that acting with detachment means doing the right thing for its own sake, because it needs to be done, without worrying about success or failure. (T.S.
What is the relationship between Abhyasa and Vairagya?
Abhyasa is defined as practise and repetition of practice. “It is the art of learning that which has to be learned through cultivation of disciplined action. This involves long, zealous, calm and persevering effort.” (Iyengar, 1993, p5). Vairagya is renunciation, detachment or dispassion.
What Vairagya is required for success in yoga?
There must be intense (Tivra) Vairagya in the minds of the aspirants, throughout the period of their Sadhana. Mere mental adhesion will not do for success in Yoga. There must be intense longing for liberation, a high degree of Vairagya plus capacity for Sadhana (spiritual practice).
What happens when vairagya appears in the mind?
When Vairagya appears in the mind, it opens the gate to Divine Wisdom. From dissatisfaction (with the sense-objects and worldly sense-enjoyments) comes aspiration. From aspiration comes abstraction. From abstraction comes the concentration of the mind. From the concentration of the mind comes meditation or contemplation.
What is the difference between vairagya and raga?
Vairagya aids concentration of mind (Samadhana) and generates burning Mumukshutwa, or strong yearning for Liberation or Emancipation, or Release. Raga is attachment to objects. Wherever there is a little pleasure, there is Raga. Wherever there is pain, there is dislike.
What is Brahmacharya in vairagya?
Palatable dishes, refreshing beverages, affectionate father and mother, brother, dear friends, diamonds, pearls, flowers, sandal, ornaments, soft beds, gardens had no attraction for him. On the contrary, their very sight gave him intense pain. In Vairagya, Brahmacharya is Antargata (hidden).
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