Vairāgya - 3

Boundaries between spiritual and material life should be carefully chalked out. Otherwise, we tend to stay completely engrossed in our kids. Strong involvement or affinity is highly condemned by Vedānta. If spiritual discrimination (Viveka) is consistently used, then the real ‘pleasure of detachment’ can be enjoyed when kids grow up. Grown-up kids do not listen to others, behave like rebels and ignore elder people. We feel dejected in such situations, which is mainly due to the sense of ‘mineness’. Such attitude is distressful for others and agonizing for us.

Vairāgya - 2

St. Tukārām gives clear guidance for the practice of renunciation.

Indriyancha jaya vāsanecha kshaya | sankalpāhi na ye vari mana|

Tukā mhane na ye jāniv antara | antari yaa thāra anandacha ||

(इंद्रियांचा जय वासनेचा क्षय l संकल्पाही न ये वरी मन ll तुका म्हणे न ये जाणीव अंतरा l अंतरी या थारा आनंदाचा ll)

Vairāgya - 1

Vairāgya-Shaṭakaṃ, one of the three series of hundred verses written by the famous poet Bhartṛuhari, is a fascinating poetry on ‘renunciation’ or ‘detachment’. He has clearly mentioned that renunciation (Vairāgya) can lead to true ‘fearlessness’ in life, but the very idea of renouncing sounds ‘scary’ to many people. This is an astonishing fact.