Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 15
It is sense of mineness in the body, which gives birth to desires. When a man is thus attached to a body, he wants it to be healthy and strong. So is the case with, other mundane objects and riches etc. As a devotee, is not attached to a body and the world, all his desires are stilled. He thinks that his so-called body, senses, mind, intellect and egoism ('I'ness), are only God's, and only God is his. The desires of such a devotee, are totally silenced. In fact, this body is constantly decaying (perishing). A striver, has to accept this reality, in a practical way. All desires are born of having contact with perishable objects, such as body etc. One day this process of decay, will be over, and then it will be said, that the body has decayed (died). But actually, the body has not died today. The process of constant decay has completed today. Therefore, in order to be free from desires, a striver should realize this fact, that mundane objects, such as the body etc., are not, his, because these are transient while he (the self) is permanent and eternal. |
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