Dispassion (Vairāgya)

Vairāgya is dispassion: the steady, cultivated freedom from craving for pleasures and rewards, in this world or the next. It is not cold indifference but a clarity that no longer needs to grasp. In the Yoga-sūtra, vairāgya and steady practice (abhyāsa) are named together as the two wings by which the restless mind is quieted; in Vedānta it is a core qualification for the seeker.