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If I am following the dictation of my senses, then I am not the master of the senses; I am the servant of the senses

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"If I am following the dictation of my senses, then I am not the master of the senses; I am the servant of the senses"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

If I am following the dictation of my senses, then I am not the master of the senses; I am the servant of the senses. So actually our position is like that. Because we have forgotten our real master, real master, the Supreme Lord, by illusory energy we have been put to be servant of the senses. Instead of becoming servant of the Supreme, we have become the servant of the senses.

So in every way, in every way, it does not prohibit that we should not use our senses. No. We shall use our senses when it is required, not according to the dictation of the senses. That should . . . we should be in that platform. If I am following the dictation of my senses, then I am not the master of the senses; I am the servant of the senses. So actually our position is like that. Because we have forgotten our real master, real master, the Supreme Lord, by illusory energy we have been put to be servant of the senses. Instead of becoming servant of the Supreme, we have become the servant of the senses.

The whole material life is nothing but servant of sense. Servant of sense. The whole . . . people are working whole day hard. So the Bhāgavata, Bhāgavata has diagnosed why they are so much enthusiastic in working so hard. Now, yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi-sukhaṁ hi tuccham (SB 7.9.45).

Page Title:If I am following the dictation of my senses, then I am not the master of the senses; I am the servant of the senses
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-01-05, 12:48:11
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1