"The desires for sense pleasures are so strong that they even derail a wise person who is striving to move on a righteous path. Giving in to these pleasures eventually creates mental unrest.
A person who wants to steady his mind should first keep objects of sense pleasures away so that the sense organs don’t get lured by them. It is like the way a turtle withdraws its limbs into its shell. The limbs are still there, but they don’t come in contact with outside things.
When the sense organs don’t get the sense objects, they gradually withdraw themselves from sense pleasures. But the mind would still continue to crave for those sense pleasures.
Only when the Yogi attains the ultimate realization, even this mental craving subsides and his mind becomes steady."
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Based on verses 2.60, 2.58, and 2.59, of Bhagavad Geetha, one of the most quoted and widely translated of the ancient Indian scriptures, believed to have been composed by Vyasa as part of the great Indian Epic Mahabharata, 5000 years ago. The interpretation of the verses and audio recital are by Dr.King (Copyright © 2018 Dr. King)
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