Fading of passion
virāga
Practice & instruction
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Stage 7 of 8
The waning of desire once impermanence is really seen — the fourteenth of the sixteen steps of mindfulness of breathing.
On the path: 7 · Insight and letting go — What has to be seen directly for clinging to end? Arising and passing away, the three characteristics, disenchantment, ceasing, letting go.
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Appears in
- Ānāpānasati — mindfulness of breathing Ānāpānasati · MN 118
Across all traditions
Literal source passages for virāga from the 62 world canons — from Theravāda through Zen and Tibet to Hindu and Sufi. The originals appear after a few seconds; the German translation is then loaded automatically for each passage.
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