And the purpose of vairagya is to see flaws in all material objects. And its nature is the desire to renounce all sensory pleasures. Jihasa (desire to renounce). That is the nature of vairagya. If someone tells you, We all get chances. We get 50 such chances in a day. That we have two things, and if you use this, it does not violate your dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → You are not committing any sin. Take this thing. So we have two options. Either to renounce it or to accept it. So if there is vairagya, one has jihasa. To renounce it. Even if it is there, to renounce it. If such an inclination comes from within, then it is called vairagya. Many want to enjoy it, which is the nature of all living beings, to enjoy whatever comes, to enjoy whatever comes. And even worse than that, the third level is that even if it is not there, a burning desire arises to acquire and enjoy it from somewhere. So that is called wretchedness. The other is called the ordinary state. And that is why Gunatitanand Swami has said that some take the object if it comes. Then some take it if someone goes to give it to them. And some take it if it comes while they are seated at their place, as Swami described back then when there was a dharamshala, that someone comes and gives it while they are seated at their place. In the old days, all the sadhus in the temple, in the Junagadh temple, where 200-300 sadhus used to live, so in winter, if some devotee had sugarcane, he would bring his cart. Then they would call out to the sadhus. 'Come, all sadhus.' And they would give sugarcane stalks. So these would not go to take it. But then if the main people, like the Kothari, were considerate, they would say, 'Brother, so-and-so will not come to take it.' So they would go and give it to him at his place. Then he would take it. And some would say, 'I don't need it at all,' even if someone went to give it. These are all types of vairagya. And some even argue. That 'What about those that are left over?' 'You gave one to each of us, but what about those left over? Give us an answer.' So they argue with him. That is also considered a type of vairagya. It comes in the series of vairagya, that's why. How are we? If there are tempting things for the mind, and they are available, how much can we renounce? We should measure its strength, whether we can renounce this much and cannot renounce that much. It is not necessary that everyone must have vairagya. It was mentioned in the Yoga Sutras, right? If one wants to increase vairagya, what is it called? What should be done? The steps to increase vairagya were mentioned. Which ones? How many types of vairagya are there? Have you memorized the Yoga Sutras? How many types of vairagya are there? Examples... huh? That is the nature of vairagya that was described. 'Drishta-anushravika-vishaya-vitrishnasya vashikara-sanjna vairagyam. Guna-vaitrishnyam tatah param.' Even from the three gunas, meaning the jihasa, the desire to renounce, not the desire to enjoy, all objects arising from the three gunas, is called vairagya. But in that, we also had steps. Yataman, Vyatirek Vyatirek Separate. Distinct. Independent. Unconnected. When used for Bhagvãn, implies He is beyond everything. [Gadhadã I – 7]. Tap to open in glossary → Yataman is where everyone can make an effort. To renounce the objects we have, to manage with less, one can practice. Sadhus should certainly do so. Shastriji Maharaj used to talk a lot about his own life. That it came to his mind that we are human beings, but by eating raw, raw meaning raw grains. So by eating whole wheat grains and such, we should spend about four months. So then Swami said, once when the wheat is whole, roast it a little. Then eat it. For a few days, Swami must have taken a vow of wheat, millet, rice, etc. So Swami used to take different vows. So once, just sugarcane, he took a vow of sugarcane. Hariprasad Swami often took the vow of sugarcane. Meaning to eat only once. Eating sugarcane and then eating other things too, we do that a lot. But only that, nothing else. So that is practice. Can I manage without this or not? Can I manage without this or not? That is called the practice of object options. Then, can I manage if I get less of this? If one practices like that, it is called Yataman-sanjnak vairagya. Yataman means to make an effort. To make an effort to renounce. In one's mind, those things which are our absolute necessities, how many of them can we renounce? So that is called Yataman. Then comes Vyatirek Vyatirek Separate. Distinct. Independent. Unconnected. When used for Bhagvãn, implies He is beyond everything. [Gadhadã I – 7]. Tap to open in glossary → Vyatirek Vyatirek Separate. Distinct. Independent. Unconnected. When used for Bhagvãn, implies He is beyond everything. [Gadhadã I – 7]. Tap to open in glossary → One can fast for two days, but cannot manage without afternoon sleep. So if one tries that too, it is called Vyatirek Vyatirek Separate. Distinct. Independent. Unconnected. When used for Bhagvãn, implies He is beyond everything. [Gadhadã I – 7]. Tap to open in glossary → attachment in the mind, even if we have renounced it, we remember it. We remember home, we remember objects, we remember other things, we remember them even after renouncing them. So Maharaj said, 'Come, those who do not remember their relatives, speak up. And those who do not speak out of embarrassment, I swear by Nara-Narayana, they remember us,' and then Maharaj said, 'If you want this space, we remember them. And those who do not remember, speak up.' Now who can speak? Who can dare to say that? But then Maharaj showed the way, that even if you remember, it's fine. If you don't get swept away, that is a lot. One should not get swept away by it. And one should maintain that understanding. Even that is a lot. So that is called reducing the attachment within. To stop remembering it. So that is called Ekendriya. And even if one gets it, attachment does not arise at all, then it is called Vashikar. Like King Janak. The mind is never tempted anywhere. So those are also described as its steps. Those are called its means. And the purpose of vairagya is to see flaws in all material objects. Without seeing flaws, vairagya cannot happen. One must find something in it. How do we find flaws in other people? Even if there are none, we find them. That 'He is like this.' We have listed all of them, listed them in advance. And if we meet someone completely new, we find out within 15 days that 'He is like this.' Likewise, this cannot be found. The flaws in enjoyment cannot be found because there is no such desire within. Rather, there is respect for it. That is why its flaws cannot be found. Otherwise, no matter how good someone is, and if you ask even the most ordinary person to write down one flaw of this person, they will make a huge list, not just one. Even if it is the best of persons. And that is daily work. Our daily work is just that, to find flaws from somewhere. But no one can find flaws in enjoyment. Those who have vairagya can find them. They can find them. And the purpose of vairagya is to see flaws in all material objects. There is the story of Sage Yajnavalkya, Maitreyi, and Gargi, right? Sage Yajnavalkya had a very large ashram ashram 1) Stage of life. There are four ãshrams in total, each with their duties and responsibilities – brahm-chãrya, grahastha, vãnprasth, and sannyãs. 2) Hermitage. Place where tyãgis live. Tap to open in glossary → So he said, 'No, that won't happen.' Then what should we do with this? How great a vairagya is that? That is great vairagya. Shastriji Maharaj used to tell a story. That we had Jogi Swami with the yellow ponytail in Junagadh, who was very affectionate towards Swami. Meaning he was probably from Hemal, if I am not mistaken, Hemal, from some village around there. So then when he came to become a sadhu, it seemed his father was absent. I don't remember very particularly. Then his mother came and gave him there. In the old days, a coconut, a packet of sugar, and a shawl—when one becomes a bhagat, one needs a shawl to dine, right? Back then, she brought him to the senior sadhu and gave him. Who was there back then, I don't know much, but the guru guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → kudos to his mother, right? She was all alone, and she can be called a heroic woman. That 'If both boys are getting ready, then go. Whatever happens to me will happen.' So there are people with such vairagya. It's not that they don't exist. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. Devotional and technical terms with no precise English equivalent (kirtan, satsang, vasana, samskara, and similar) are kept as their plain transliteration rather than force-translated. Not human-proofread., AI-translated, unverified · Source details