Guest guest Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 Vairagya is dispassion, desirelessness or non-attachment.Vairagya liberates man from bondage. Vairagya is the foremost virtue.Look into the defects of sensual life. Live in the company of saints.You will develop vairagya.Vairagya is born of discrimination. It will help you and will bepermanent. Without vairagya, not even an iota of spiritual progressis possible.Mind is the atma-sakti (power of self). It is the dividing wallbetween the individual soul and the supreme soul.Mind creates this universe. It is the principle of thinking andsensation. It is a bundle of vasanas (habit patterns), thoughts,likes and dislikes. Slay the mind through destruction of the vasanasin Brahma-vicara and attain self-realisation.Egoism is your arch enemy. It is born of ignorance. The real secretof divine life is only in the renunciation of this dire egoism.The tree of egoism can be destroyed by the fire of wisdom only.These are the ways to control the senses. Cultivate dispassion or non-attachment to objects; practise pratyahara (or withdrawal) and self-restraint.Give up love or hate for objects. You can control the senses and themind.It is better to practise concentration on one form of God and torepeat one mantra (mystic formula). Concentration will thereby begreatly increased.If the mind wanders bring it back again and again to the form.Practise a little pranayama (yoga breathing). It will steady themind. Observe mauna (or silence) for two hours. It will conserveenergy and produce more concentration. Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Autos' Green Center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.