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RAJA YOGAAmidst the din and boisterous bustle of worldly activities,there come moments of tranquillity and peace, when the mind'for the time being, however short it may be, soars above thefilthy worldly things and reflects on the higher problems of life,viz., 'Whence? Where? Whither? Why of the universe? Whoam l?'The sincere enquirer becomes serious and extends hisreflections. He begins to search and understand the Truth. Discriminationdawns on him. He seeks Vairagya, concentration,meditation and purification of body and mind and eventually attainsthe highest knowledge of the Self' But the man whosemind is saturated with worldly Vasanas is quite heedless and isirresistibly carried away by the two currents of Raga andDvesha and tossed about helplessly in the tumultuousSamsaric stream of worldly concerns.How uncertain is sensual life in this world! lf you constanflythink of the transitory nature of sensual pleasure and itsconcomitant evils of miseries, worries, troubles, anxieties andpremature death, then you can slowly develop Vairagya. TheVairagya that momentarily comes out on the loss of wife, childrenor propefi, will not help you much' Vairagya born of discriminationwill bring in spiritual progress.ln the presence of sensual pleasures, spiritual bliss cannotexist just as darkness cannot exist in the presence of light.Therefore, show extreme contempt towards allworldly objects.Destroy desire. Turn the mind away from the sensual objects.You can develop VairagYa.11. Para Vairagyailnt@l I-16il( that, {{{ supreme, g{tt: the Purusha, qttt due to theknowledge, UII: the qualities, aAq{ non-attachment, indifference.Para Vairag:fa or supreme non-attachment is that statewherein even the attachment to the qualities (Sattva, Rajas andTamas) drops owing to the knowledge of Purusha.