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CONTROL OF TASTE
Out of our five sense organs, only the tongue is entrusted with two functions : speech and tasting of different flavors (Rasas). Just as there is a peculiarity of the dual sphere of special activities of this organ of sense, so also is there a unique peculiarity in achieving control over it. It is said that if only the tongue is brought under control, then the control over all other sense organs becomes easy.
The voluptuousness of the worldly person with regard to this organ of taste appears to be almost universal. This organ, only three inches in length, has brought the majority of the living beings in the worlds under its rule. Human beings, animals, even
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