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SADHANA
PADA
Sadhana Pada Attachment
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| Sukhănushayii Răgah |
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| Attachment |
| Dwells on pleasure |
Sukhănushayii:
joy dwells on Răgah:
attachment sukha - pleasure,
happiness;
anusayi- that which follows; ragha-
passionate desire, attachment |
| 2.07 Q: What is attachment? |
| A: Attachment is the craving
that results from wanting to have a repetition of
events, incidences, associations, possessions that
had once given a sense of pleasure. |
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Desire is attachment to objects of pleasure. The next two
afflictions are related. The first is "raga"
which is strong desire and the second is "dvesha"
which is strong aversion. Both are actually a form of
attachment; one is a positive attachment and the other
is a negative
Attachment. Attachment is based on pleasurable experiences.
Because we remember pleasurable experiences, we hanker after
them causing ourselves much frustration and dissatisfaction.
When any object repeatedly produces in our mind a feeling
of satisfaction, our mind engenders the habit of falling again
and again into the same state of vibration. The feeling of
satisfaction and the picture of the object that seemed to
cause that satisfaction tend to appear together, and this
is a hankering after the object, a desire not to let it escape
us.
Wanting something is attachment, arising out of the feeling
that one is not complete without some object or other. The
Self longs to be merged with itself. But due to ignorance,
one mistakes this longing for objects of the external
world and struggles to satisfy this longing. Ultimately one
finds that the more he attempts to get closer to the objective
world, the farther away it travels. Mind tired of such efforts
and desirous of getting closer, now looks inward and struggles
to get closer inside. This saga of human effort in the wrong
direction first and the tendency to reverse the direction
and start the search inward is indeed the summum bonum of
human history.
 Radha:
Short form of the combination of Raga and Dwesha.
Strange it may appear that Krishna's consort is
a combination of Raga and Dwesha! It has to be understood
that Krishna ( Krishi+manas) stands for the tiller
/ purifier of mind. Mind is constantly plagued by
Raga and Dwesha, (attraction and repulsion). Radha
the seeker of the purification constantly should
be in the company of Krishna the purifier. Hindu
mythology is full of symbolisms. Right understanding
is needed to ensure that the seeker fully benefits
from it. |
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 "Not seeking what is other than the Self is detachment"
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| Ramana Maharishi |
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