In the Samvat year 1876, on the fifth day of the bright half of the month of Margashirsh at night, Shreeji Maharaj was seated in the Durbar of Dada Khachar in Gadhada. He had put on all white garments. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before him in an assembly.
Then Mayaram Bhatt asked a question to Shreeji Maharaj, ‘What are the characteristics of the three levels of Vairagya [non-attachment] highest, moderate and lowest?”
Shreeji Maharaj replied, “One who has attained the highest level of non-attachment, of course remains engaged in worldly affairs as willed by God, or as he is required to do according to his destiny. But like king Janak he also does not get attached to them. He does enjoy the objects of the five senses: sound, touch, sight, taste and smell as they come to him according to his destiny. But he enjoys them without attachment. Rather he remains indifferent to them. These objects are not able to influence him in any way. His attitude of tyag [renunciation] does not weaken in the least. He always considers these objects to be full of guilt and treats them like his enemies. He always remains engaged in the service of the Lord and His saints, and in the study of the Holy Scriptures. Even if he has to face adverse desh [place], kal [times], sang [association], etc.; his attitude will remain firm as ever. Such a man is called a man or the highest level of non-attachment. A person of the moderate level of non-attachment also enjoys the objects of the five senses and does not get attached to them. But when he comes across adverse place, times and association, he gets attached to them, and his attitude of nonattachment weakens such a man is called a man of the moderate level of non-attachment.
And the person of the lowest level of non-attachment enjoys these objects of the five senses and does not get attached to them if the objects are ordinary, or full of guilt. But if he comes across charming objects and enjoys them, he is sure to get attached to them. Such a man is called a man of the lowest level of non-attachment.”
