Skip to content

Trevor Leggett Adhyatma Yoga and Zen

Adhyatma Yoga, Yoga Sutras, Meditation, Zen, Judo, Budo, Shogi, Stories

Search
  • Home
  • Site Map
  • TPL Books
  • AboutExpand
    • Trevor Leggett
    • Biography
    • News
    • Adhyatma Yoga glossary
    • User reviews
    • Book reviews
  • CultureExpand
    • Japanese Culture
    • Judo
    • Koryu Budo
    • Letters to Japan
    • Q&A
    • Society
  • Stories & TalksExpand
    • Encounters in Yoga and Zen
    • Lotus Lake, Dragon Pool
    • Long talks
    • Stories
    • Short talks
    • Teaching points
    • Training stories
  • YogaExpand
    • Adhyatma Yoga
    • Bhagavad Gita
    • Meditation
    • Yoga and Christ
    • Yoga in flashes
    • Yoga Sutras
  • ZenExpand
    • Ages of Zen
    • Zen Koans
    • Zen Master
    • Zen Training
    • Zen and the Ways
    • Zen Essays
  • Contact TLAYT
Trevor Leggett Adhyatma Yoga and Zen
Adhyatma Yoga, Yoga Sutras, Meditation, Zen, Judo, Budo, Shogi, Stories
Adhyatma Yoga - Society - Teaching points

The meaning of Vairagya or non-attachment

He makes a picture of things as he would like them to be, however unlikely, and then says:

“This is what I am asked to give up.”

But no. He is giving up pangs of jealousy, of being thrown over, pangs of failure in ambitions etc. Why think: “I am giving up being a superman” when one would simply turn out to be very ordinary if one went to the world?

Cats are not giving up being lions when they give up worldly life as an animal.

Post navigation

Previous Previous
Jan Smuts and the stoep
NextContinue
Cutting off the bull’s horns (longer version)

Similar Posts

  • Society

    Shogi and Western Chess

    Read More Shogi and Western ChessContinue

  • Adhyatma Yoga

    The Traditional Teacher

    Read More The Traditional TeacherContinue

  • Teaching points

    He spent hours in devotion and prayer but there was never any response

    Read More He spent hours in devotion and prayer but there was never any responseContinue

  • Adhyatma Yoga

    A Verse from a Lost Upanishad

    Read More A Verse from a Lost UpanishadContinue

  • Society

    English Quality of Life and ways in which British people think and act

    Read More English Quality of Life and ways in which British people think and actContinue

  • Teaching points

    There is another kind of long life

    Read More There is another kind of long lifeContinue

Legal

Terms and conditions

Health and fitness disclaimer

Privacy and cookies policy

TLAYT’s other sites

Russian Translations Website

Trevor Leggett’s original site

Information

Site Map

Glossary

Books

 

Contact US

Trevor Leggett Adhyatma Yoga Trust UK Registered Charity no. 1086172

Trevor Leggett Adhyatma Yoga and Zen Scroll to top
  • Home
  • Site Map
  • TPL Books
  • About
    • Trevor Leggett
    • Biography
    • News
    • Adhyatma Yoga glossary
    • User reviews
    • Book reviews
  • Culture
    • Japanese Culture
    • Judo
    • Koryu Budo
    • Letters to Japan
    • Q&A
    • Society
  • Stories & Talks
    • Encounters in Yoga and Zen
    • Lotus Lake, Dragon Pool
    • Long talks
    • Stories
    • Short talks
    • Teaching points
    • Training stories
  • Yoga
    • Adhyatma Yoga
    • Bhagavad Gita
    • Meditation
    • Yoga and Christ
    • Yoga in flashes
    • Yoga Sutras
  • Zen
    • Ages of Zen
    • Zen Koans
    • Zen Master
    • Zen Training
    • Zen and the Ways
    • Zen Essays
  • Contact TLAYT