Gita 14.07 Passion is composed of attachment, gives rise to craving and binds us to work

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thank you Bhagavad Gita 14.7 Raju Raga Atmakam Vithi the mode of passion Raga Atmakam is filled with what? Raga attachment Trishna Sangasam Utbhavam and is born with Trishna craving Tanni Badnathi Kaunteya O son of Kunti it means how? Karma Sangena Tehinam there are three characteristics which are described of this mode there is a Raga there is Trishna and there is Karma so it is comprised of attachment it appears along with craving and it binds us to work or through work so Krishna speaks here and he says that there is Trishna which comes up which is craving attachment is is more like a steady inclination whereas craving is like the flow of consciousness along that inclination when the flower is inclined in a particular way water will naturally flow in that direction but sometimes the water may not be much and so although the flower is inclined there may not be much water flowing along that inclination but sometimes if the water itself is a lot then the flow will also be lot so Trishna is like the increased flow of water and Raga attachment is like the inclination of the flow of our mind of our inner world so for example when a person is attached to alcohol person is alcoholic then that inclination towards alcohol is always there in their consciousness but sometimes the craving will appear and the craving will become unbearable it will seem as if they just can’t resist it so they feel that an alcoholic may feel I want this I want to drink and I want to drink right now and nothing can stop me I must have it so that addiction is like the Raga and the particular time when the desire becomes unbearably forceful that is the Trishna this mode of Rajoguna it binds how does it bind? Karma Karma through Karma so actually Karma refers not just to action it refers to free to action or action done to get material objects so when we are attached to something and we crave for it then often getting the objects of our attachment may not be very easy and to get those objects we may have to crave more and more and more and that craving is what we will have to deal with that craving is what will be in the force of our consciousness and it will drag us down so that craving can make people work extremely hard alcoholic may be tired but the craving may wake them up at night and drag them out of bed and drag them halfway across the city in the hope of fulfilling that desire such is the nature of craving which often becomes unbearable it just cannot be endured by people who have no higher understanding of life so those who especially think in terms of that these objects are the goal of life they are what will make my life joyful they are what will make my life fulfilled and if I don’t have this then I have nothing in my life and that feeling overwhelms us then we have very little opportunity to protect ourselves from temptation and illusion because our very existence point is that getting that sensual gratification so it is comprised of attachment attachment is blinding and binding if we consider the previous words we described the nature of the mode of goodness Krishna said over there that it is characterized by illumination तत्रसत्वं निर्मलत्मात् प्रकाश कमनामयम् so prakasha is illumination now the opposite of illumination is darkness so the mode of passion actually doesn’t make our vision completely dark it makes us selective focus is good but obsession is not good, concentration is good obsession is not good when a student is studying that concentration focusing on something purposeful as I have to study and I will not let myself get distracted by other things that thought is definitely good but obsession means a person is ready to get the person does degrading things because of obsession so one just thinks of one thing in concentration we think of one thing in obsession also we think of one thing but in concentration we see that one thing as important in connection with the broader picture and I study because I want to learn the subject I get absorbed in my studies I focus I concentrate because I want to get marks in my exam because I want to have an educated mind so it’s that one thing is seen in connection with other things and concentration on that one thing is seen as leading to progression in other things whereas obsession means that the person thinks of that one thing and thinks only of that thing and of nothing else apart from that thing person who gets obsessed with the desire to drink that doesn’t think what is going to be the effect of this okay after this I have to give an exam and how will I be able to study for the exam after this I have to drive how will I be able to drive of course obsession can also be in the mode of ignorance not just in the mode of passion but the point is that obsession is it is not constructive it is destructive so mode of passion it actually it restricts our vision to seeing only the particular object of attachment and blinds us to everything else so we become obsessed with working working working to get the object and even if we get it we don’t get any satisfaction this craving stays on and on so attachment so Raga, Trushna and Karma these three define the mode of passion