[Advaita-l] VAIRAGYA- Doorway to Self-Realisation

[Durga Prasad Janaswamy]

Hari Om
Namaste.

Do not need to be postponed to next birth. It can be done now, here itself,
in this birth. You are already Brahman. Just recognize your Brahma Swarupa.
This realization happens in a split second.

regards


On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 7:22 AM, Srirudra via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Dear
> It is easier said than done.But with conscious effort one can by slow
> degrees elevate himself.May be after many rebirths if one believes in
> reincarnation.R.Krishnamoorthy.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On 18-Dec-2015, at 5:31 PM, KAMESWARARAO MULA via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >  Dear Friends,                        Vairagi should not become slave to
> anything and should live like a lotus leaf in the waters (what ever may the
> quality) of life without being touched or polluted by it.   The same thing
> was emphasized by krishna in the gita to arjuna one can control the mind
> with abhayasa/practice and vairagya/dispassion. This virtue of detachment
> is advocated by Hinduism/Jainism/Budhism. It clearly tells one who performs
> his duty without attachment & surrendering the results to the supreme soul
> of the sriguru is unaffected by sinfull actions like the lotus untouched by
> the muddy waters.
> > Detachment is one of the supreme ideals of jainism/buddhism along with
> non-violence/non-possession/non-attachment .Upanishad say that 'leave the
> attachment'/possessiveness still being satisfied with what ever is
> presented to you. Vedanta's fundamentals are also comes from
> vairagya.Vairgya is dispassion,detachment & renunication from material
> objects as it does not mean "Giving up" or developing repulsion for
> material objects.True vairgya is nothing but the internal state of mind
> rather than external life style. It can  be practised by a person who was
> engaged in house hold activities or by a sanyasi. By doing this one can
> maintain a balance between inner spiritual state and external life by
> thinking everthing is happening by Brahmn/Cosmic consciousness.
> > All attachments causes suffering and one should not live in the illusory
> world of maya but what make you to live is Love only. Love means
> Kindness/service/forgiveness/Helpfullness with out expectation. The root
> cause for vairgya is Viveka/discrimination which to undestanding i.e
> 'anada' and that is what vivekandna practised.Intense viargya can leads to
> moksha.
> > According to swami sivananda: Viagya can be cultiavted if we consider
> ourselves as Trustees not owners. it can reached in steps.1.One should make
> an attempt to 'not allow the mind to run after sensual channels'.
> > 2. Train your mind to overcome attraction and attachment for objects.3.
> When the sensed remains still but the mind has neither liking/disliking
> there by things proceeds independenlty without your concern.
> > 4. when the objects no longer tempts you, your mind is "FREE" and you
> will establish vairgya and without that spiritual progress is not
> possible.5. After gaining control over the mind and by dissolving
> kama/krodha/ahankara, one can easily self -realisation.
> >
> > Source: Speaking Treewith regardsKameswara Rao
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