In the great teaching of both yoga and Buddhism, dispassion or non-attachment or detachment is the very important practice for us to advance in yoga and meditation to know the truth or to attain self-realization.
The fourfold of Sadhana - The qualities of a Sadhaka (people who are in search for the truth and self-realization)
1.) Viveka (right discrimination) - to know what is real and unreal.
2.) Vairagya (dispassion or non-attachment) - letting go of what is unreal of what is impermanent and selfless (not 'I'), great contentment free from greed, no egoistic desire, no craving, no aversion.
3.) Mumukshutva (intense yearning for liberation) - the one and only desire that will bring us true freedom
4.) Shat-sampad (the six virtues) -
a.) Sama - tranquility of the mind
b.) Dama - self-restraint or control of the senses
c.) Uparati - cessation from worldly activities
d,) Titiksha - forbearance or power of endurance
e.) Sraddha - faith in God, Scripture and Self
f.) Samadhana - concentration or one-pointedness of mind
For those who are in search for liberation or emancipation or self-realization, and is disgusted with the fleeting names and forms that are subject to impermanence and is tired of the bondage of ignorance and impurities, cause and effect, birth and death, then the practice of dispassion or non-attachment is a must.
Without dispassion or non-attachment, liberation is impossible.
A "Buddhist" without the practice of dispassion or non-attachment is not really a Buddhist even though he or she is going to the temple everyday and performs a lot of rituals and offerings.
A "yogi" without the practice of dispassion or non-attachment is not really a yogi even though he or she is doing a lot of asana, pranayama, and meditation practice. It's because he or she will be attaching onto the actions and the fruit of actions of the asana, pranayama and meditation practice, attaching onto and craving for the effects/benefits that come from the different yoga practices, being influenced by the egoistic likes and dislikes, desire of craving and aversion, want and don't want, having expectation, judgment, comparison and competition, being determined/affected by the impermanent states of the mind and conditions of the physical body...
For anyone who is not interested in self-realization, and is satisfied and happy with the life condition now of having a limited and conditioned body and mind, then the practice of dispassion or non-attachment or detachment is not an important practice for them. Just live life, eat, drink, sleep, work, play, laugh and cry, indulging in the desire of craving and aversion until this life ends... There's nothing wrong with that... It is everyone's freedom to do what they want to do with their own lives. Enjoy and be happy.
Om shanti.
The fourfold of Sadhana - The qualities of a Sadhaka (people who are in search for the truth and self-realization)
1.) Viveka (right discrimination) - to know what is real and unreal.
2.) Vairagya (dispassion or non-attachment) - letting go of what is unreal of what is impermanent and selfless (not 'I'), great contentment free from greed, no egoistic desire, no craving, no aversion.
3.) Mumukshutva (intense yearning for liberation) - the one and only desire that will bring us true freedom
4.) Shat-sampad (the six virtues) -
a.) Sama - tranquility of the mind
b.) Dama - self-restraint or control of the senses
c.) Uparati - cessation from worldly activities
d,) Titiksha - forbearance or power of endurance
e.) Sraddha - faith in God, Scripture and Self
f.) Samadhana - concentration or one-pointedness of mind
For those who are in search for liberation or emancipation or self-realization, and is disgusted with the fleeting names and forms that are subject to impermanence and is tired of the bondage of ignorance and impurities, cause and effect, birth and death, then the practice of dispassion or non-attachment is a must.
Without dispassion or non-attachment, liberation is impossible.
A "Buddhist" without the practice of dispassion or non-attachment is not really a Buddhist even though he or she is going to the temple everyday and performs a lot of rituals and offerings.
A "yogi" without the practice of dispassion or non-attachment is not really a yogi even though he or she is doing a lot of asana, pranayama, and meditation practice. It's because he or she will be attaching onto the actions and the fruit of actions of the asana, pranayama and meditation practice, attaching onto and craving for the effects/benefits that come from the different yoga practices, being influenced by the egoistic likes and dislikes, desire of craving and aversion, want and don't want, having expectation, judgment, comparison and competition, being determined/affected by the impermanent states of the mind and conditions of the physical body...
For anyone who is not interested in self-realization, and is satisfied and happy with the life condition now of having a limited and conditioned body and mind, then the practice of dispassion or non-attachment or detachment is not an important practice for them. Just live life, eat, drink, sleep, work, play, laugh and cry, indulging in the desire of craving and aversion until this life ends... There's nothing wrong with that... It is everyone's freedom to do what they want to do with their own lives. Enjoy and be happy.
Om shanti.
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