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Gurupoornima Rereat Sessions by Ma Gurupriya

Does Vairagya mean renouncing everything? Quoting Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha ji, Ma says that there is no message in spirituality which tells you to run away from any situation, but the message is that one must not get attached to anything. Attachment is a self-courted bondage. If by a situation, one gets agitated and one’s composure is assailed, that means he is unduly attached. Whenever there is a feeling of ease and freedom, it is the result of detachment.

A seeker must cultivate Vairagya, as early as possible. If he is devoid of Vairagya, then he will be forever gripped by delusion. His own house will be like hell for him and he will be scorched by various afflictions. For the seekers of liberation, if dispassion is not there sufficiently, then the shark called desire catches their throat and drowns them. It takes them away from the goal of liberation. Forsaking the thought of changeful things, which are the cause of suffering, they must think about the Self (which leads to bliss).

Man comes under the grip of desires and the desires, sooner or later, bring about suffering. One dances to the tune of desires throughout life but desires never get extinguished. Vairagya Shatakam says that the body may become older, but the desires do not diminish. We may feel we are enjoying the worldly pleasures, but in reality we ourselves are becoming weakened, scorched and consumed by them.

Shlokas chanted in the Session:
5:40 - अतीताननुसन्धानं भविष्यदविचारणम् … Vivekachoodamani 432
12:06 - अनात्मचिन्तनं त्यक्त्वा कश्मलं… Vivekachoodamani 379
20:32 - कृष्ण त्वदीयपदपङ्कजपञ्जरान्ते अद्यैव.. Mukundamala 33
28:39 - सर्वाधारं सर्ववस्तुप्रकाशं सर्वाकारं... Vivekachoodamani 513
39:43 - वैराग्यरहिता एव यमालय इवालये… Sarva Vedanta Siddhanta Sara Sangrahah 94
47:31 - विषयाशामहापाशाद्यो विमुक्तः… Vivekachoodamani 78
51:30 - आपातवैराग्यवतो मुमुक्षून् भवाब्धिपारं… Vivekachoodamani 79
1:16:12 - या दोहनेऽवहनने मथनोपलेप … Srimad Bhagavatam 10.44.15
1:23:25 - भ्रान्तं देशमनेकदुर्गविषमं प्राप्तं… Vairagya Shatakam 2
1:26:33 - उत्खातं निधिशङ्कया क्षितितलं… Vairagya Shatakam 3
1:30:04 - भोगा न भुक्ता वयमेव भुक्ताः… Vairagya Shatakam 7

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