Traditional Uparati is the ability to achieve "dispassion"[1] and is a personal quality considered important in Advaita Vedanta in the pursuit of moksha.
Uparati is a Sanskrit word literally meaning "cessation, quietism, stopping worldly action"[2] and "discontinuation of religious ceremonies".
Also important are Titiksha (endurance of pairs of opposites), Samadhana (constant concentration of the mind), and Śraddhā (faith in the truths of Vedanta, which are the six-fold inner-wealth)[5] Uparati is Pratyahara, the withdrawing of the Self (Vedantasara Slokas 18–20).
In the state of Uparati, which is total renunciation of actions i.e. enjoined duties, one discovers an inner poise, silence or joy.
[7] The best Uparati (self-withdrawal) is that condition of the thought waves in which they are free from influences of external objects (Vivekachudamani Slokas 23).