Tyaga, Vairagya and Sanyasa are the three terms used in spirituality. Tyaga is at the level of physical body, Vairagya at the level of mind and Sanyasa at the level of spirit.
Tyagis are the people who discard physical needs in life. For example- leaving alcohol, non-vegetarian food, milk products, smoking etc. Gandhiji asked people to be Swadeshi and do a Tyaga of Videshi things.
Vairagya on the other hand is at the level of mind and happens when you dissociate yourself from the desires. Sanyasa on the other hand is at the level of spirit with Zero desire, a state with no needs and Zero property or bank balance.
We have practically no true Sanyasi today as most of the self-proclaimed Sanyasis own establishments, sell spirituality and are power hungry. To attend the discourse of many of our spiritual leaders, you have to shell out money. They are bigger than the film stars and ask for donations for their orgnisations to appear for personal functions.
Once I asked Deepak Chopra as to how to differentiate between different types of spiritual leaders. he said that most of the spiritual leaders are spiritual agents who are comparable to a travel agent who can sell a hotel or a travel tour without ever going into that place. Similarly, spiritual leaders can sell spirituality without being a Sanyasi.
So, you cannot expect today’s spiritual gurus to talk tha language of ancient sages. Aasa Ram Bapu’s recent comments about the gang rape are his personal views which has come from his mind and the intellect. These words are not from Aasa Ramji’s heart because heart can never talk non spiritual. The words like ‘barking dogs’ can never come from the mouth of a true Sanyasi. Similarly the words like ‘taali ek haath se nahin bajti’ can never be spoken for a rape victim who fought till last and gave away her life.
A true spiritual Sanyasi will not own anything, not even clothes and food, not to talk of a house. They will depend on Bhiksha for clothes as well as for their daily food. If they do not get Bhiksha, they will remain without food.
To me, Aasa Ram is a common man with spiritual knowledge but no spiritual experiences.
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