Praudhavairagya, Prauḍhavairāgya, Praudha-vairagya: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Prauḍhavairāgya (प्रौढवैराग्य) refers to “firm dispassion”, according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] Wherever a desire occurs, see saṃsāra in it. Establishing yourself in firm dispassion (prauḍhavairāgya), be free of passion and happy [prauḍhavairāgyamāśritya vītatṛṣṇaḥ sukhī bhava]. The essential nature of bondage is nothing other than desire, and its elimination is known as liberation. It is simply by not being attached to changing things that the everlasting joy of attainment is reached. [...]”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
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Partial matches: Vairagya, Praudha.
Full-text: Praudha.
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