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4- Non spiritual talks (talks pertaining to food, women, politics & national activities).
4.
Passions (Anger, pride, deceitfulness & greed).
5- Objects of five senses,
1- Sleeping.
1- Love (affection). Q. 152. Define passion (Kashaya).
(The emotional sentiments, which themselves are irksome to soul and the root cause of bondage, are called "PassionsKashayaas).
The impure state (modification) of the soul due to perverted belief, anger, pride, deceitfulness, greed, is called passion.
Laughter, liking, disliking, sorrow, fear, disgust, the male sex passion, the female sex passion and the neuter sex passion are also the impure states of the soul called quasi passions.
Q. 153. Define Yoga. (Vibrational activity).
The vibrational state of the spatial units of the soul through the medium of
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