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Vairāgya

Dispassion: freedom from craving for the objects of this world and the next.

Also: Vairagya, dispassion

Vedānta and the Hindu traditions

Vairāgya, dispassion or detachment, is the absence of passion for objects. The Yoga Sūtras pair it with practice as the two means of stilling the mind. In Advaita it is the second qualification of the seeker, arising from discrimination: having seen that pleasures pass, the seeker no longer craves them.