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VAIRAGYA - Non- attachment; Dispassion [Sanskrit]
Listen to what Swami Vishnu tells us - "What is the cause of all problems,
individual as well as universal?The root which everything spreads out?
Attachment. Attachment is the cause of all pain. For example, this glass is very
special. I bought it at an auction and it was used by King George 100th!! King
George 100th used this glass. It is MINE. D. said, "Is that so Swami-ji? Can you
give it to me - I would also like to have it." "No way," I said, as I held it
tight. When I go to sleep I lock it up in a special vault with a special lock
and put on a special electronic alarm, so if anyone tries to touch it I will
know. I am unable to sleep because of this glass. Any sound I hear I think
someone is after my glass. L. is coming over. She is only trying to be friendly
because of the glass. I trust no-one now. I ask Swami P. to check on D. to see
what he is up to, but later I see Swami P. and D. outside talking together. Oh
my God, they are plotting against me for my glass.
What we call love - L.O.V.E. becomes completely depleted because of attachment.
This applies to anything. I just took an example of the glass, but it could be
to anything, to money, to anything. Our main problem is that we get attached to
various objects. And why do we get attached? Two things are the cause of
attachment. The two causes of attachment are I-ness and Mine-ness. You want an
object because you think you can get happiness from it. You then get attached to
it. " It is mine. I own it." I-ness and Mine-ness are the root cause of all
problems.
Swamis and Yogis also get into problems. " This is my Yoga Centre, my disciples,
my money." They also get attached, but to different things. The purpose of life
is to get rid of this problem. But we do not even know that we have it as a
problem. We do not recognize the level of our attachment to things. Nor do we
recognize the trap of attachment. Slowly Maya (illusion) binds us.
Attachments can come slowly. We are not aware that they are slowly creeping up
on us. The movement is very subtle. This is why an aspirant should have purity,
so he can understand and become aware of the subtle attachments, by which he can
so easily be trapped. This problem is not because you are living in society.
People who live in the Himalayas, the forest or in the jungles may not have
attachment to the same objects as a city dweller, but they become attached to
their kamandalus (water pot). They decorate them, put their initials on them and
become possessive or envious of another's. Attachment is not about having or not
having, a house or a big car. You can get attached to even the smallest thing
and the same problem, the same pain, will result.
And the answer to this problem? … to be continued…
Destroy Moha first. Possess real Vairagya. Renounce the world on the very day
you get Vairagya. Meditate and concentrate on one particular idea. That
particular idea should serve as the eye-opener. Then alone will you get
Vairagya; you will be able to understand the false nature of things. - Sw.
Sivananda
Keep a fixed time each day for study of scriptures (svadhaya). Study thoroughly,
prayerfully and unhurriedly with an alert mind and without interruption.
- Sri Swami Sivananda
Complete glossary can be found at:
http://www.sivananda.org/teachings/glossary/glossary.html
Listen to what Swami Vishnu tells us - "What is the cause of all problems,
individual as well as universal?The root which everything spreads out?
Attachment. Attachment is the cause of all pain. For example, this glass is very
special. I bought it at an auction and it was used by King George 100th!! King
George 100th used this glass. It is MINE. D. said, "Is that so Swami-ji? Can you
give it to me - I would also like to have it." "No way," I said, as I held it
tight. When I go to sleep I lock it up in a special vault with a special lock
and put on a special electronic alarm, so if anyone tries to touch it I will
know. I am unable to sleep because of this glass. Any sound I hear I think
someone is after my glass. L. is coming over. She is only trying to be friendly
because of the glass. I trust no-one now. I ask Swami P. to check on D. to see
what he is up to, but later I see Swami P. and D. outside talking together. Oh
my God, they are plotting against me for my glass.
What we call love - L.O.V.E. becomes completely depleted because of attachment.
This applies to anything. I just took an example of the glass, but it could be
to anything, to money, to anything. Our main problem is that we get attached to
various objects. And why do we get attached? Two things are the cause of
attachment. The two causes of attachment are I-ness and Mine-ness. You want an
object because you think you can get happiness from it. You then get attached to
it. " It is mine. I own it." I-ness and Mine-ness are the root cause of all
problems.
Swamis and Yogis also get into problems. " This is my Yoga Centre, my disciples,
my money." They also get attached, but to different things. The purpose of life
is to get rid of this problem. But we do not even know that we have it as a
problem. We do not recognize the level of our attachment to things. Nor do we
recognize the trap of attachment. Slowly Maya (illusion) binds us.
Attachments can come slowly. We are not aware that they are slowly creeping up
on us. The movement is very subtle. This is why an aspirant should have purity,
so he can understand and become aware of the subtle attachments, by which he can
so easily be trapped. This problem is not because you are living in society.
People who live in the Himalayas, the forest or in the jungles may not have
attachment to the same objects as a city dweller, but they become attached to
their kamandalus (water pot). They decorate them, put their initials on them and
become possessive or envious of another's. Attachment is not about having or not
having, a house or a big car. You can get attached to even the smallest thing
and the same problem, the same pain, will result.
And the answer to this problem? … to be continued…
Destroy Moha first. Possess real Vairagya. Renounce the world on the very day
you get Vairagya. Meditate and concentrate on one particular idea. That
particular idea should serve as the eye-opener. Then alone will you get
Vairagya; you will be able to understand the false nature of things. - Sw.
Sivananda
Keep a fixed time each day for study of scriptures (svadhaya). Study thoroughly,
prayerfully and unhurriedly with an alert mind and without interruption.
- Sri Swami Sivananda
Complete glossary can be found at:
http://www.sivananda.org/teachings/glossary/glossary.html
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