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BG II: Sh 59,60,61: Questions and Comments
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Subject: BG II: Sh 59,60,61: Questions and Comments
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From: lchiluku@ucsd.edu (R. & L. Chilukuri)
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Date: 13 May 1995 16:30:32 GMT
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From news@network.ucsd.edu Sat May 13 12: 22:10 1995
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: Univ of California at San Diego
Questions and comments on Gita II: Shlokas 59,60,61
What does it mean to say that objects cease to operate (fall away)
but taste for them remains? Perception of objects by the senses has
been described as being initiated by the mind. The mind issues
forth, contacts objects, and returns with 'knowledge' of te object. The
very act of perception is initiated by a taste for the object. Without
taste, the objects effectively cease to exist. So how can 'objects fall
away' and yet a taste remain? Can someone please provide a clear
explanation of the vedantic theory of perception....
Even a wise man has difficulty in controlling the senses. As an
ordinary fellow -:), I find it easier to make a habit of replacing lust,
anger, desire etc. with thoughts of Sri Ram, or Sri Krishna. Logical
discrimination is rather difficult to apply in the midst of day-to day
life! Swami Chinmayananda has often said that it is easier to replace
a 'lower' with a 'higher', than to suppress the 'lower' with
discriminative thinking!
