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PRACTICE OF KARMA YOGA
enjoyment should be abandoned. The thirst for enjoyment which is difficult to be cast off by the wicked, which does not fail even with the failing of life, is truly a fatal disease in man. To get rid of this thirst is real happiness.”
Understand that desire that is born of the quality of Rajas is man's enemy in this Samsara The real enemy of the whole world is desire. It is from this desire that all the evils and miseries come to human beings. When desire manifests, it goads man to action and so he commits sins of various sorts. When a man's desire is not gratified, when one stands in the way of its fulfilment, he becomes angry. The desire gets transmuted into anger When one is under the sway of anger, he will commit all sorts of sins. He loses his memory, intellect and understanding. An angry man commits murder. He himself does not know what he is exactly doing. He becomes very emotional and impulsive All evil actions and evil qualities proceed from anger.
When desire gets hold of a man, it hides the knowledge of his true nature from him Desire enshrouds wisdom, just as smoke enshrouds fire He becomes egoistic He gets deluded. He becomes a slave of passion and gets miseries of all sorts
The Indriyas or senses bring the man in contact with external objects and the desires are thereby created But the senses are not all-in-all. If the mind co-operates with the Indriyas, then only is mischief
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