[Advaita-l] Is vairAgya/renunciation a result of glumness??

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(Sorry for the delay in my reply, been busy lately.)

 

The simple answer to the question in the subject line is: " No. "

 

A more detailed answer is: " VairAgya is a result of Yoga and/or

upAsanA. "

 

It is true that there have been many people who experience sorrow in

the world, but very few actually practise Yoga and upAsanA to attain

true vairAgya.

 

The jIvanmuktiviveka speaks of " markaTa sannyAsa " or " Monkey's

renunciation " , where a certain person takes sannyAsa on account of

worldly sorrow. This may appear to be wisdom, but is actually a kind

of immaturity.

 

This is touched upon by Swami Vivekananda also:

 

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Complete_Works_of_Swami_Vivekananda/Volume_6/C\

onversations_and_Dialogues(Translated_from_the_diary_of_a_disciple)/X

 

" The Shâstras are found to speak of four kinds of Sannyasa: (1)

Vidvat, (2) Vividishâ, (3) Markata, (4) Âtura. The awakening of real

renunciation all at once and the consequent giving up of the world

through Sannyasa is something that never happens unless there are

strong Samskâras or tendencies, developed from previous birth. And

this is called the Vidvat Sannyasa. Vividisha Sannyasa is the case of

one who, out of a strong yearning for the knowledge of the Self

through the pursuit of scriptural study and practice, goes to the man

of realisation and from him embraces Sannyasa to give himself up to

those pursuits. Markata Sannyasa is the case of a man who is driven

out of the world by some of its chastisements such as the death of a

relative or the like and then takes to Sannyasa, though in such a

case the renouncing spirit does not endure long. "

 

-Kartik

 

 

 

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