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Commentary on the Srimad Bhagavad Gita- Discourse 5.8. - Swami Krishnananda.

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  ------------------------------------------------ Saturday, October 24, 2020. 11:10. AM. Discourse 5: The Second Chapter Concludes ā€“ The Establishment of the Soul in Universality - 8. ------------------------------------------------- When we contemplate an objectā€”which is the only thing that we are doing every day, as some object or the other is on our mindā€”we do not think of the Universal principle involved in the object. Very few can do that. We think mostly in the exteriorised fashion of the sense organs working in terms of an object outside. The moment we think of an object, the desire of the sense organs increases.  They want to possess it. " Samgat sanjayate kamah." (BG. 2.62).  The desire to possess that particular object many a time comes in conflict with a similar desire that others may also have to possess it. There is some land. We want to possess it, and another person also wants to possess the same land.  There is a clash. So there is a possibility of o...