A Summary of the Srimad Bhagavata Mahapuranam-1- 14.

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1: King Parikshit’s Question to Suka Maharishi - 14.


But the individual, mortal as he is, is unable to deepen the feeling to such an extent, and he is unable to pass through these levels of creation as a needle passes through the thousand rose petals, because the intensity of his feeling is not sufficient.

That is to say, our longing for freedom is not adequately accentuated.

There is a temptation in this world which tells us that there is something here which is good enough, and we need not seek another good in some other realm of creation.

This interpretation of there being something permanently good in this world is provided to us by the wrong activity of the sense organs.

We are caught in the web of sensory activity, which tells us that this world is all.


But the senses also tell us that this world is not all by the dissatisfaction that follows from every kind of so-called satisfaction provided to us by the sense organs.

Because the contact of the senses with objects gives satisfaction, it may bring us to the conclusion that this world is wonderful and it is good in itself, but the bitter consequence that follows from this so-called ‘goodness’ of the satisfaction gained through these sense organs, is also indicative of the fact that this is not really good.

So the senses are our teachers in a way, apart from their being what people generally call deceivers.

They are pointers to two levels of reality at the same time.

If we want to dub them as evil because they do not give us permanent satisfaction, well, we are free to do that.

But they also tell us through their subtle dual action that this world is not a total satisfaction, though when the senses contact the objects there seems to be a temporary sensation which looks like joy.

That no joy in the world can be complete, that everything has an ending – one day we will die, with all our joys – is also an indication by the senses that this world is not all.

Swami Krishnananda
To be continued  .....


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