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Guna and Dosha
Imagining to be real that world (Svarga) which is unreal like a dream and only pleasing to the ear, they thirst after enjoyments there and with that hope spend their money in sacrifices, just as a merchant spends his money in speculation and in the hope of profit.
People who are rooted in Rajas, Sattva and Tamas, worship Indra and other gods who also are associated with Rajas, Sattva and Tamas, but they do not worship Me.
They think, ‘worshipping the gods here by means of sacrifices, we shall go to heaven and enjoy there and at the end of the period of enjoyment shall again be born here in noble families and attain vast possessions.’
Men whose minds are drawn away by these honeyed words of the scriptures, who are proud and greedy do not relish even a reference to Me.
The three divisions of the Vedas really treat of the identity of Jiva and Brahman. They are really meant to convey the truth of the oneness of the individual soul and the Supreme Soul. But the Mantras (Vedas) are indirect in their meaning. They say things which are not what they appear to be on the surface and I like this indirectness. [Because only those pure and pious men who understand the true significance will renounce works. If these are openly expressed, all people will abandon works before they are ready or fit to understand the truths of Vedanta.]
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