Yoga Vashishtha - Vairagya
Swami Suryaprakash Saraswati
Austerity versus Satsang
Swami Atmapremananda Saraswati ...
Vairagya
Vairagya means dispassion, detachment. There is a logical order in the four means.
VAIRAGYA - renunciation, freedom from worldly desire, homesickness; second stage of jnana yoga
VAIKUNTHA - sky, Vishnu's paradise
VAISHYA - a member of the Hindu caste of peasants and merchants; symbol of the trunk ...
Vairagya (dispassion, detachment) is cultivating non-attachment or indifference toward the temporal objects of worldly possessions and the ego mind.
Vairagya : Dispassion; the power of renunciation by which a yogi is able to pursue the true rather than the false, the eternal rather than the ephemeral.
Vairagya : ("dispassion")
Detachment from worldly attachments. Has been prescribed by the great sage Patanjali Maharishi in his Yoga Sutras and by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita as an essential means to control the mind together with Abhyasa.
Tad-vairagyat-api dosa-bija-ksaye-kaivalyam.
Tat = that (that siddhi, the siddhi referred to in previous sutra, the siddhi of omnipotence and omniscience); vairagyat = by non-attachment; api = even; dosa = bondage; ...
vairagya distaste; disgust with the world; complete cessation of desire and attachment.
vairajya [extended sovereignty].
Vairagya cannot be merely passive disinterest in the content of experience any more than sleep can substitute for wakeful serenity.
VAIRAGYA: Dispassion.
VASANA-KSHYA: Desireless.
VASANAS: Subtle desires.
VASTU: Article.
VEDANTA: The school of Hindu thoughts (based primarily on the Upanishads).
VEDANTIN: One who follows the path of Vedanta ...
VAIRAGYA"Renunciation; dispassion.
Vajra"Adamantine; firm.
Vak"Speech.
Vasana"Impression of action that remains in the mind.
Virya"Seminal power; energy.
Vishuddha"Laryngeal plexus at the base of the throat.
Vritti"Mental function.
vairagya: dispassion, indifference towards sensual objects and enjoyments
vata: one of the doshas or humours of Ayurveda, meaning “wind'
Vedanta: the end of the Vedas (lit.), the Upanishads ...
Foundation"Vairagya
Man, ignorant of his true Divine nature, vainly tries to secure happiness in the perishable objects of this illusory sense-universe. Every man in this world is restless, discontented and dissatisfied.
Vairagya thins out the mind. Do not mix much. Do not talk much. Do not eat much. Do not sleep much. Do not exert much. Never wrestle with the mind during meditation. Do not use any violent efforts at concentration.
One should become perfectly desireless and should be full of Vairagya before attempting to awaken Kundalini. It can be awakened only when a man rises above Kama, Krodha, Lobha, Moha, Mada and other impurities.
Similarly it dysfunctional to view vairagya (non-attachment) only in its negative aspect, so too it is more valuable to view the implementation of the bandhas as being much more than withdrawal, ...
The Yoga Sutra says success in yoga comes from abhyasa and vairagya: dedicated practice and letting go. Practice both.
He must develop Vairagya, patience, Sraddha (faith), Bhakti (devotion), Karuna (mercy), etc. He must observe perfect celibacy. A householder should be very moderate in sexual matters during the practice.
How is it possible to discern our thoughts?
Chapter 1 Verse 12 says through practice and detachment (abhyasa and vairagya)! ...
slightly contracting the glottis of the throat so the breath makes a light snoring sound; a deep relaxing breath used often in meditation practices
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Vairagya ...
 See also: Yoga, Mind, Spirit, Body, Ananda
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