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which leads to misery. By nature the man is pursuer of desires.
Mahavira said, “The dreadful tree of desires brings forth dreadful fruits; this tree being permanently uprooted. O Serene One! Give up all expectation, desires and prodigality."
The desire is a basic instinct and so very difficult to get rid of. There is no end to the mind's desires. Desire grows on what it leads. A person clung to desires cannot be satisfied by any amount of fulfilment of the desires. The desires increase in proportion of their enjoyment. This is the reason for the insurmountability of the desires. A person feels tormented being stricken by desires, and he feels agony in thought, word and deeds caused by the environment outside and mind within. The torment produced by agony and the like is temporary but the agony due to desire is long drawn and persistent. A person who has not refined or sublimated his desires will live a perturbed life of restlessness, discontentment and mental agitation.
The sensual objects do not produce satisfaction, nor does the passion likewise. Any action for sense gratification for achieving results in terms of material happiness, either in goodness or in passion, is subject to reaction good and bad. Auspicious actions bring beneficial results and evil actions bring in harmful results. An individual is pure, enlightened, detached and independent only when it deters itself from worldly desires. Joy is not fulfilment of desires but it is happiness of soul which is lifted above every circumstances. True health and happiness springs from the abandonment of all desires. Illness and unhealthiness create desires. When one is healthy, one is desireless or contented. Real
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