Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 2
When relish persists and pleasures arc enjoyed, then a man's heart melts and he is overpowered by pleasures. But when he is freed from relish, he may come across worldly pleasures but they don't cause the least agitation in his mind (Gita 2/70). He has no such inclination that pleasure may attract him. As you put a bag of money before an animal, it does not covet for it and after seeing a beautiful woman it is not lustful. An animal doesn't know the value of money and a woman but an enlightened exalted soul knows money as well the woman (Gita 2/69), yet he is free from greed and lust. When we have an itching sensation in any organ of the body, we scratch it with our fingers, and when this sensation ends, it does not make any difference in fingers, there is no alteration in them. Similarly an enlightened soul uses the sense-objects but his mind remains the same unperturbed and free from agitation. The reason is that being free from relish, he has no inclination for enjoying pleasures. Whatever he does, he does it for the welfare of others and to comfort them. Contemplation on the sense-objects for one's own pleasure leads one to min or fall (Gita 2/62-63). But even the use of the sense-objects not for one's own pleasure, does not lead to bondage (Gita 2/64-65).
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