The term vairāgya appears three times in the Bhagavad Gita (6.35, 13.8, 18.52) where it is recommended as a key means for bringing control to the restless mind. The concept of Vairāgya is found in the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali, where it, along with practice ( abhyāsa), is the key to restraint of the modifications of the mind (YS 1.12, "abhyāsa-vairāgyabhyāṁ tannirodhaḥ"). To remain completely engaged in the world yet uncoloured by the world is called vaerágya.Ī practitioner of vairagya is called a vairagi. Virága means "to go beyond colour" or "to be uncoloured". įurther etymological definition indicates the root rańj, referring to colour: Vi – rańj + ghaiṋ = virága. An ascetic who has subdued all passions and desires is called a vairāgika. This gives vairāgya a general meaning of "ascetic disinterest" in things that would cause attachment in most people. Vairāgya is an abstract noun derived from the word virāga (joining vi meaning "without" + rāga meaning "passion, feeling, emotion, interest").
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