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DETACHMENT
Detachment means true knowledge of the objects of the world through right vision. This realistic knowledge brings discriminative power to differentiate between the self and the non-self. An aspirant (Sadhaka) who realizes such vision and discriminative power, experiences very little attachment towards worldly objects and gradually attains to equanimity and complete detachment.
Looking from one point of view, detachment is easy to accomplish, while from another point of view, it is difficult to acquire. It is easy because one has to recognize one's own true self and its nature as it really is and in this recognition, no other external
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