Chapter 18 verse 38
“Happiness is said to be in the mode of passion when it is derived from the contact of the senses with their objects. Such happiness is like nectar at first but poison at the end.”
The
whole material world as seen and experienced is a figment of our imagination
called maya. We do experience this material world in real but why is it
considered illusionary. That’s because the particular experience of each
individual is based on our senses, body, mind, intellect and ego. We lend color
to each experience based on our own vasanas and predispositions. Therefore all
happiness derived out of the body, mind, intellect and ego instruments are only
temporary, illusory and not long lasting. All material entanglements without
the objectivity in our mind and intellect lead us to the path of pain in the
end. This path of happiness is considered to be the path of passion.
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