Manda Vairagya and Theevra Vairagya

                                      Manda Vairagya and Theevra Vairagya

Vairagya is of two types - Manda Vairagya (mild or light detachment) and Theevra Vairagya ( intense detachment). 

     Supposing somebody wants to do good work he will go on postponing and waste time.

     Supposing they wish to do bad deeds, they deside to do then and there thinking that tomorrow will be too late.

     Postponing good the good thing and deciding to undertake bad things, is called Manda Vairagya 

    Theevra Vairagya : once decided that a particular act is good, sacred and permanent, he will put into action straightaway. He will not sleep till it is accomplished. 

     Thapas and Trigunas;

     Vairagya does not mean leaving everything of this world, retiring  to the forests and doing severe thapas (penance).

    Thapas means one's intense yearning for Divinity. It is a state of mind, where one cannot bear his seperation from God at any time and at any place. In such thapas there will not be the Trigunas. All the three gunas Sathwa, rajas and thamas lose their distinct identity and merge into one. That is why thapa-phala is the bliss enjoyed by the unity of trigunas. 

    We get air when the three blades of the fan rotate in unison. Similarly, Bliss comes out of the unison of the three gunas. 

Heart                      ; Room

Three blades of fan : Three gunas.

Intellect                   : Switch

Atmic Power           : current

Sadhana                  ; effort to put on the switch. 

The air that gives us comfort: Bliss

Thus our life can be converted into a thapas.

When man turns his visionon perishable world, it becomes thamas.

When the same vision is turned towards the eternal Atma, it becomes thapas (penance). 

     'Mana Eva Manushyaanam Karanam Bandha Mokshayoh" (It is only mind that becomes the cause for our liberation or bondage). Therefore, vairagya is said to be the effort to concentrate our mind on the Eternal Divinity, without turning it towards the perishable and impermanent world. We must cultivate intense vairagya. We should not postpone this sadhana saying "next time", "next time".

     We must always be ready and fully prepared for our last journey, with intense vairagya. Time does not wait for anybody. Human beings follow time, but, time will not follow them. Time is always pravahika (flowing). Even while enjoying this objective world, we must always discharge our assigned duty in life, with intense vairagya and devoid of attachment; thus teaches the Bhagavad Gita.