Everything is filled with sorrow
Parinama Taapa Samskara Duhkhe Guna Vritti Virodhaccha Dukhameva Sarva Vivekinaha
Pain comes to us in three ways. The first is by change. We settle down in a seemingly good relationship. A marriage happens. Suddenly after marriage, all those expressions of love are gone/ The words that the man speaks to the woman turns spiteful. The hands that caressed suddenly doesn't hesitate to slap, beat or even maul. How come? The woman may wonder. Yesterday it was so dreamlike and rosy. Today it is so ugly. That is the pain of change.
The second pain comes from sorrow inflicted upon us. There is sorrow when we don't get the toy or dress we want as a child. As a youth, we want to marry this girl or boy. It does not happen. Sorrow again. At work, we aim for a promotion but it never is there in the boss's mind. Sorrow. Neighbour buys something we can;t afford. Sorrow. The cause for pain and sorrow is endless.
The third is due to the impressions in our subtle mind. We go through some experience that gives us happiness. It creates a deep impact in our psyche. We crave for it. It may not repeat itself. There is sorrow.
Our mind too which is a constant play of three qualities of tranquility. dynamism and inertia is giving us something is givine us something when we want something else. I want to stay fit, trim and slim. The mind wants to indulge and relax. There is a conflict of interest which leadsa to sorrow. This way, the wise one understands that there is sorrow in both pleasure and pain. - Swahilya Shambhavi.
9 comments:
Hi,
You've said it all :-)
"..there is sorrow in both pleasure and pain" - so true.
This is very true and extremely relevant especially in the context of life today! I'm wondering how one can avoid sorrow.....perhaps the only method remains in not being expectant?
Pain can be a wonderful teacher, if only you look for the lessons!
Well Wisher! Not me but Patanjali Maharishi! Yes he says it all in such simple Sutras.
Rakesh Vanamali: Yes you have got it right. One can avoid sorrow by not expecting good or bad. Sorrow feels like sorrow, because we expect that we should have only joyous events in our life. If we put sorrow on the same balance plate as joy - then sorrow or joy makes no difference. We attach a different notation to sorrow and so it seems different and we don't want it.
Yes, true, Meena! In fact, pain is a built-in Guru that leads us to enlightenment. Nature as Guru, first gives us a mild shake at the energy level - Pranamaya Kosha. If we don't heed it, then it comes to the mental and emotional level - when what we want runs far away from us. If we don't study that too, it enters into the Annamaya Kosha - manifesting as pain in the body and sorrow in the mind. It stays on till we learn our lessons! It is a very strict teacher that sees us through until the very end of a lifetime!
"the wise one understands that there is sorrow in both pleasure and pain. "
Is this sorrow indicate to bondage as against its usual usage of sorrow and happiness?
Namaste Merging Point: The wise or the Vivekinaha know that whether it is a happy event or sorrowful - everything leads to sorrow, eventually. Yes bondage in the sense, there is an attachment to a happy event which one likes repeated or sustain for long periods of time. In reality, it does not happen. So this leads to sorrow.
If that bondage or attachment to the good or hatred for the bad is not there, then whether something good or bad happens, it makes no difference for a gnani.
sorrow both in pleasure and pain becoz both are emanating from objects (vishaya sukha and vishaya dukha). hence seek the Bliss - the state of happiness not attached to any of the indriya sukha. you experience it everyday during the deep sleep state. if you are able to experience it during wakefulness too, you would feel that eternal joy..............
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