Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 3
Link:-The Lord answers the question, in the next verse. Sribhagavdnuvaca The Blessed Lord said: Whatever we may desire, does not happen, and whatever we do not desire, happens—this is suffering. Desire is the root of all sins and sufferings. A man with a desire cannot get happiness, even in a dream (Hansa 7/90/1). If desire is renounced, there is no question of any suffering. Craving for perishable objects, is called desire, while the need for God-realization, which may appear to be like desire, is not really desire. The reason is, that desire is never satisfied, but it is strengthened by sense enjoyments, while the need of God-realization, is fulfilled having realized God. A man has desire for something, which is different from him (the self), while God is one with the self. Similarly, the need of rendering selfless service (the Discipline of Action), Self-realization (the Discipline of Knowledge) and devotion to God (the Discipline of Devotion) are not desires. In fact, the need of the self (soul) is to realize God but he (the self) has a desire to acquire the perishable objects etc., because his discrimination is veiled. |
References
- ↑ I should get this, I should get this—this is desire. Such a desire is known as 'Kama'.
- ↑ Though disinclination for God and not attaching importance to discrimination are also the cause of sins, yet here desire has been said to be the root of sins because here in this chapter of the Discipline of Action, the aim of a striver is to get rid of desire.
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