Guest guest Posted April 30, 2001 Report Share Posted April 30, 2001 , "vicki" <viorica@z...> wrote: > Q: > What is the best way of dealing with desires and vasanas with > a view getting rid of them - satisfying them or supressing them? > > A: > If a desire can be got rid of by satisfying it, there will be no harm > in satisfying such a desire . But desires generally are not eradicated > by satisfaction. Trying to root them out that way is like trying > to quench a fire by pouring inflammable spirits on it. > At the same time, the proper remedy is not forcible supression, > since such repression is bound to react sooner or later into > a forceful surging up of desires with undesirable consequences. > > The proper way to get rid of a desire is to find out > "Who gets the desire ? What is its source?" When this is found , > the desire is rooted out and it will never again emerge or grow. > > Small desires such as the desire to eat,drink,sleep and attend > to calls of nature, though these may also be classed among desires, > you can safely satisfy. They will not implant vasanas in your mind, > necessitating further birth. Those activities are just necessary > to carry on life and are not likely to develop or leave behind > vasanas or tendencies. > > As a general rule, therefore, there is no harm in satisfying > a desire where the satisfaction will not lead to further desires > by creating vasanas in the mind. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > BE AS YOU ARE , The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi > Edited by David Godman > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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