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## Friend's View: Detached Devotion
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This pure devotion, free from blind faith, with true understanding, and without any concern for worldly praise or social norms, is what the truly detached yogis, those who have overcome the passions, perform. "When Shri Shital Jin is met, the devotee's mind becomes pure." - Shri Yashovijayji
3. Detachment is the third characteristic of purity. Pure practice is devoid of desire for results, free from the desire for devotion, etc., and is selfless. This is considered pure. In the above, the knowledge of the self is mentioned, and in the absence of the desire for the self, there is no desire for results. Why then is this separate attainment considered? The answer is that what was said before was said in expectation of the results related to this life, and what is being said now is said in expectation of the results related to the next life. That is, in the next life, I will attain the state of a common god, etc., due to the influence of this devotion, etc. - this desire for results related to the next life, is not the cause or the effect. This is called pure devotion, etc. If there is a desire for results, it is not considered pure. Because such desire is not good, so the result obtained from it is also not good, and it becomes an obstacle to the attainment of liberation. Any practice, including devotion, that is selfless, without any desire for results, is the means to liberation.
But if there is self-restriction, that is, if there is restriction in the pure mind, etc., towards the Lord, then attachment is maintained there, then the pure mind, etc., becomes the cause of staying in that state, it stops there, it does not allow the soul to progress. Here is a famous example from Shri Gautam Swami. He had a very pure mind, respect, and strong attachment towards Lord Mahavira. But that attachment became an obstacle to his liberation! Until that attachment went away, he did not attain omniscience. As soon as that attachment went away, he attained omniscience. From this, the essence is to be understood that it is not enough to stop at just strong attachment towards the Lord, but to constantly focus on serving the detached and attaining detachment.
"What was detachment, that pure state without attachment, is the same that removes the fear of rebirth." - Shri Devchandraji
Thus, such selfless devotion, etc., practice becomes the means to liberation. Because from a seed that does not have the essence of the grain, a sprout of the grain will never grow; and the grain
- " प्रतिबन्ध कनिष्ठं तु स्वतः सुन्दरमप्यदः ।
तस्थारिતિवाचैत्र वीरे पौतमकावत्त છે ”—Shri Yashovijayji's Dvadvadvaan