Sense-Control, the Foundation for Self-Knowledge

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om sai ram

Sense control-too deep is this subject!!!with sai

grace we can detach ourself from illusions though get

trapped in these quickly!!

'sai bless u'

sai ram

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> Sense-Control, the Foundation for Self-Knowledge

> If you were to construct a house, even a simple

> and ordinary one, wouldn't you take great care to

> lay a proper foundation? If that is true for a

> little house, then how much more care must you take

> in laying down a solid foundation for the great

> treasure house of self-knowledge. It is to provide

> such a foundation that Krishna, in his teachings to

> Arjuna in the Gita, emphasized the need to control

> the senses by developing a strong detachment from

> the objects of the world. This is an essential

> requirement for building up a solid foundation. If

> the foundation is not strong, the mansion of

> self-knowledge will not last long. It will soon

> collapse.

> Renunciation does not spring up suddenly to become

> the foundation of self-knowledge. Such strong

> detachment does not just happen on the spur of the

> moment. This quality must be steadily developed and

> practiced, together with devotion and sense-control.

> If you want to light a lamp, you will need oil, a

> container to hold it, and a wick. In the same way,

> in order to light the lamp of wisdom, there is a

> need for detachment, devotion and control of the

> senses. Detachment can be thought of as the

> container and devotion the oil. Sense-control may be

> compared to the wick. If you bring these three

> elements together, the Lord himself will come and

> light the lamp of self-knowledge inside you. Before

> lighting this lamp in the heart of Arjuna, Krishna

> told him that he first had to establish complete

> control over his senses.

> Such strict control over the senses is not

> something which can be achieved by most people. Even

> if they were to make an effort in this direction and

> achieve some measure of sense-control, ordinary

> people would not continue with these efforts because

> they would be convinced that by giving up sense

> enjoyments their very life would come to an end.

> They consider sense enjoyments as the only true

> source of happiness. This is what they experience

> day after day. But, the unbounded joy of

> self-knowledge is something they have not

> experienced even once. When you have a bird in your

> hand, would you let go of it and try to catch the

> two birds which may or may not be hiding in the

> bush? Reasoning in this way, they consider it

> madness to give up the sensory enjoyments which they

> enjoy every day in order to gain the bliss of the

> atma through self-knowledge, an experience which

> they have never known.

> mukundan

> saibaba gita

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