It is said that the pull of the indriyas are so strong like the wind that blows away the boat in the middle of the sea – making it almost impossible to control the boat. They are so strong that they can steal away the strength of the mind, as illustrated by the example of the chariot representing the body and the horses representing the senses. Once control is given to the horses, the passenger will be taken for a ride, as the horses will stray wherever they please.
In the Gita, Bhagawan Krishna describes the ‘eight steps to destruction’ – a detailed sequence of eight stages through which a seemingly harmless thought of an object that pleases the senses, can lead to one’s buddhi losing control completely. Thus it is important for one to understand why the body, the senses and the mind have been gifted to us by God. Not to enjoy pleasures and make merry (as the world may think), but rather, only to realise God.
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