Detachment has been explained as an effective tool in controlling the modifications of the Mind in the last sloka (1.15)
As I have explained in the post, Performance of Action without attachments is possible..
We do not get attached to the Routine actions we perform.
But actions we perform after deliberation?
Why and how we deliberate to perform an action and become attached to them.
We perceive an object , we get attracted.
We want to experience them because we are curious,others have told us it is pleasurable.
We try them out.
We find the experiences either pleasurable or painful.
Based on this we like or detest them.
In the case of the former , we yearn for them, recalling in the Mind the pleasures it had given us, just as vehemently we hate that which gave us pain.
This yearning becomes attachment:hate is also an attachment for irrespective of what your feelings are, you are constantly engaged with the object in your mind.
If you do not get what you seek, you take action to get it, these create further thought waves in the Mind.
So, to control these cravings one must cease attaching himself to objects.
But the fact is we can not help being attracted and consequently being attached to the Objects.
We might even consciously want to avoid them.
Why are we attracted to Objects?
It is Our Nature.
We have inborn tendencies and qualities that make us attracted to sense objects,
They are three in number.
Sathva,the Pure,Learned Ignorance,
Rajas,The active,
Tamas, Ignorance
Please read my post on Gunas filed under Indian Philosophy).
These Gunas are present in all of us in combinations and they keep changing minute by minute.
Impelled by these Gunas we get attracted to sense objects and act.
Practice and Resolution, Vairagya can help us eradicate this,
By practicing this method, one develops Detachment.
This would also lead to Reality or Self Realization.
Seeking Self Realization is also a form of attachment and this must be discarded.
The conscious attempt at Liberation or Moksha is also a Bond, though a Golden one, bond nonetheless.
The desire to attain Moksha or liberation is an impediment to Spiritual Growth.
This also, has to be discarded. .
Praying to God and seeking Grace from Him is also an impediment.
So much so, the Chamaka Prasna of Sri Rudram, after seeking from Lord Rudra, says thus in Chamaka
Aayu yagnena kalpathaam praano yagnena kalpathaam apano, Yagnena kalpathaam yyano yagnena kalpathaam chakshur, yagnena kalpathaam srothram, yagnena kalpathaam mano, yagnena kalpathaam vag yagnena kalpathaam athma, Yagnena kalpathaam yagne, yagnena kalpathaam. 10 . " Let the fire sacrifice give me long life, Let fire sacrifice give me inhaled air, Let fire sacrifice give me exhaled air, Let fire sacrifice give me able eyes, Let fire sacrifice give me able ears, Let fire sacrifice give me able mind, Let fire sacrifice give me able words, Let fire sacrifice give me an able soul, Let fire sacrifice give me ability to perform more fire sacrifices ' "After seeking favors in all manners possible. the last portion, Yagne Yagna kalpatham' Means that the Yagnas may give the power to perform more yagnas. Yagna is different from Yaaga Yaaga is performed for results while Yagna is performed because it has to be performed, no results desired' Thus the Nishkaamya Karma is indicated here. Performed without attachment, even the desire to realize self is neutralized. This is what Patanjali says in Yoga Sutra 1.16.( After seeking... neutralized-by this writer, not a part of the Quote)
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Related articles
- Denying Senses Is Not Yoga, Patanjali Yoga Sutra 3 (ramanan50.wordpress.com)
- http://www.shaivam.org/english/sen_camakam.htm
- ‘Direct Experience ‘ Yoga Sutra Explains (ramanan50.wordpress.com)