This past Monday we began reflection upon the nature of objects by using viveka to define the unreal and introduced dispassion, vairāgya, to understand the temporary joy observed from the unreal. Dispassion is the strength to give up the sorrow-giving, impermanent and joyless objects, mentally or physically.
Total Thoughts – Monday, Oct 5, 2009
The Four-Fold Qualification, Tattva-Bodhah, pg 17-19
- As long as we feel that objects have joy, we cannot prevent likes or dislikes for them
- Through constant reflection on the nature of objects we determine firmly that they have no joy
- By giving up impermanent joy through dispassion, we attach ourselves to the Real through constant reflection and right thinking
- Vairāgya and viveka are forms of right thinking through constant reflection that help us detach from the lower and attach to the higher
- Ones dharma should be performed through vairāgya and out of love for the higher
- Vairāgya fuels viveka, and viveka fuels vairāgya. By serving the ultimate, we function in society with the greatest joy
Foundation for our Upcoming Discussion: The Six- Fold Wealth
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