What is Vairagya?
“Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. ”
― Simone Weil
In today’s hectic and over-connected world, “Vairagya,” an ancient Indian discipline of Detachment, is quite interesting and valuable.
The Sanskrit word vairagya means “detachment.” It’s a state of being unattached to the tangible world. It can also be characterised as a mental state of mind in which all attachments to the materialistic world are released. Vairagya is also related to letting go of feelings like pride, ego, aversion, inferiority and superiority complexes, false identities, and fear.
Detachment (vairagya) is very significant in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Detachment refers to a lack of physical or mental attachment to the objects of the world, as well as to your own mind and body, as well as to your accomplishments, traits, renown, name, and status.
Attachment to stuff obstructs your thoughts and causes you to miss crucial life facts. When you become connected, you lose your equilibrium and seek for things that can injure you physically and spiritually, as well as obstruct your success and advancement. Every habit you develop is nothing more than an intense type of connection. Anything you care about, whether it’s a person, a profession, a church, a state, or a situation, is an attachment. Collectively they bind you to this world and make your life a great struggle as you cannot easily let go of things and move on.
The Relevance of Vairagya for Mental Health
Many people who are engrossed in worldly pursuits are unaware that they are enslaved by attachments. They don’t view it as an issue because liking or disliking things in the world seems so normal to them. Those who are only faintly aware of it may believe it is nothing to be concerned about. Detachment conjures up ideas of sadhus and sanyasis who have rejected the world and live an ascetic life for many people. It never occurs to them that practising detachment can provide them with wings to fly freely in this troubled world.
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