Saturday, April 10, 2021

Srimad Bhagavat Gita commentary chapter 16 verse 21

 Chapter 16 verse 21 

“There are three gates leading to the hell of self-destruction for the soul—lust, anger, and greed. Therefore, all should abandon these three.” 

What is hell for the soul, body, mind, intellect and ego? It is taking innumerous births in material realm. What prompts the multiple births? It is the lasting impressions on the individual soul of past karmas, behaviors and response to situations. Non dharmic thoughts and actions necessitate the soul to undergo difficult experience to exhaust those psychic imprints (vasana) to emerge out of it. Three major negative emotions are lust, anger and greed. Expectation of a particular result of action and attachment to a happy interaction with material things lead to all 3 emotions-lust, anger and greed. Hell is right here on earth with these behaviors.

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