VairAgyam

[Ravi Mayavaram]

On Tue, 26 May 1998, Dr. M. Giridhar wrote:
>
>        To cultivate dispassion thus requires constant discrimination
>between the real and the unreal and also an attitude of bhakti towards the
>Supreme (Self, or Guru or Ishvara). The desire towards objects would
>automatically drop off when the above is followed with intensity. How ?
>Kanchi periyava gives an example in his book 'The voice of divinity'.
>Maybe you have seen a bundle of logs tied by a rope. Sometimes it is
>difficult to remove the rope. Therefore, another rope is taken and the
>logs are bound more tightly. The old rope becomes 'loose' and
>automatically falls off.  Similarly, when attachment towards Ishvara is
>cultivated, the attachment one has to objects falls off.
>
namaste Giri

Thanks for quoting this. kAnchi periyavar gave this nice explanation
with regard to the beautiful kuRaL

paRRuga paRRaRRAn paRRinai appARRai
paRRuga paRRa vidaRku


Ravi