Temptations are Karmic ‘potholes’ which are detrimental to one’s Karmic evolution.
There are temptations that can influence the minds of even very highly intelligent and educated people. Such people when tempted, are led to do things that they would normally never do. It is usually because of a moment of weakness, either due to desire, or due to the illusion of doing some good to someone (which is the result of one’s ego), that a person falters and commits a blunder that becomes and also stays a big blot on their personality during their lifetime. Such an action actually stems from a person’s ignorance or mental weakness due to the distortion of reality in their mind. The reality is that everything is Maya or illusion. The world exists only until the mind exists and is conscious. People who are unconscious or asleep, despite being alive, are
oblivious to everything around them and also about themselves. When the mind is not awake, nothing exists. The body, which many people mistake to be their self, is an impermanent vehicle that the Atman uses in order to travel through a Janma and the mind is nothing but an abstract tool that one can use in order to think and carry out actions which, unfortunately, have Karmic reactions.
A Janma or lifetime of a person is basically the time between the first and the last breaths they take during one sojourn of theirs as a particular person on the planet. Whatever people do, apart from trying to survive, is to be happy. But an extremely important truth to be noted is that anything that people think, say or do collects Karma which needs to be balanced some day or the other. Therefore, thinking clearly before performing any action is of crucial importance to one’s Karmic evolution.
But what exactly is it that leads people to do things that they would normally not do?
Ref:
SBG 3:36 Arjuna said: “What prompts a man to perform sinful deeds O descendant of Vrshni (Krishna)? Why does he commit such acts even without desiring to do them, as if he were forced to do them?”
SBG 3:37 Shri Bhagavan said: It is lust, which is born out of the quality called Rajas Guna that leads to anger which in turn prompts a person to commit sin. It is all devouring and greatly sinful. You must know that this is the greatest enemy in the world.
Lust for someone, for wealth or for power stems from ego which stands on one’s ignorance about the Supreme Truth of Universal Oneness and tells them that they are a separate entity.
There are basically three kinds of bliss or pleasure that a person can experience:
1. Physical
2. Mental
3. Spiritual
Physical and mental pleasures might, initially, seem attractive but lamentably, they don’t last long.
It is only spiritual bliss, which is founded on divine knowledge, that lasts forever. People come under the influence of temptations and commit deeds that they believe will make them happy. However, they realise a bit late that such things don’t last long but the damage they cause in one’s life and in one’s Karmic journey, only because they yielded to such temptations, can last a whole lifetime and longer.
Why do people fall for temptations?
16:21
त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः |
कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत् || १६ २१ ||
trividham narakasyedam
dvaaram naashana-maat-manaha
kaamaha krodhas-tathaa lobhas-
tasmaa detat trayam tyajet
(SBG 16:21)
There are three gates to destroying oneself – they are lust, anger, and greed. These three should therefore be given up.
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16:22
एतैर्विमुक्तः कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नरः |
आचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयस्ततो याति परां गतिम् || १६ २२ ||
etair-vimuktaha kaunteya
tamod-vaarai-stribhirnaraha
aachara-tyaat-manaha shreyas-
tato yaati paraam gatim
(SBG 16:22)
A person who is liberated from these three gates of hell lives a life that is favourable for his soul and he goes to the Supreme goal!
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16:23
यः शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारतः |
न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम् || १६ २३ ||
yah shaastra-vidhi-mutsrujya
vartate kaama kaarataha
na sa siddhi-mavaapnoti
na sukham na paraam gatim
(SBG 16:23)
A person who disregards the teachings of the scriptures and acts under the influence of desire, attains neither perfection, happiness nor the Supreme goal.
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16:24
तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ |
ज्ञात्वा शास्त्रविधानोक्तं कर्म कर्तुमिहार्हसि || १६ २४ ||
tasmaach-chaastram pramaanam te
kaaryaa-kaarya-vyavasthitau
jnaatvaa-shaastra-vidhaanoktam
karma kartumi-haarhasi
(SBG 16:24)
Therefore, let the scriptures be the authority and guide to let you know what you should do and what you should not do. Acquire knowledge from the teachings of the scriptures; and live and work according to that knowledge in this world.
Just as death is an unavoidable part of life, are separation and pain inevitable parts of possession and attachment. Why be attached to someone or to something that is impermanent? Why not be attached to the Eternal and Supreme Bhagavan Krishna who is the personification of the Supreme Truth?
The only permanent reality is Divine Consciousness. Learn to experience the Supreme Bhagavan Krishna after which, no one or nothing can ever cause you sadness, pain, fear, anxiety or anger.
Shreyo bhooyaath sakala janaanaam
May all be blessed with peace and happiness.
Jai Shri Krishna
in his own country Hungary. They sell milk products at premium prices claiming that their animals are treated well. He proudly claims that he and his people care for animals by feeding them well and getting the bulls in their farm to exercise so that they don’t get too fat! Although he has, as per his claims, taken to Krishna and the Bhagavad Gita, his mind still seems to be infected with Abrahamic ideas that we humans are superior to animals and that God made animals, who don’t have souls, to serve us. By collecting, storing, consuming and selling bovine milk, he is doing nothing but stealing baby food and abusing the babies that the milk was meant for!
consuming products made from factory farmed milk. What is disturbing is that although there are hundreds of useful and informative videos on the internet, people usually tend to choose only those videos in which someone speaks something that agrees with what they think. People like this man claim to know the Bhagavad Gita very well and they preach Krishna consciousness, but what they are really doing is to slyly inject their western philosophical ideas into the minds of the people around the world. After centuries of being under foreign rule, many Indians have developed great admiration but also a servile attitude towards Westerners. It is a shame that they straightaway accept whatever a person from the West utters, even if it is plain rubbish. The way some people from the West sell their ideas about Krishna and Vedic spirituality to us Indian Sanatanis, is like an African trying to teach an Eskimo what ice is or a snake teaching a bird how to fly.
belonging to their own species. Her milk has been specially designed by nature in order to help in the growth of her babies. Cow’s milk has four times more calcium than that found in human milk. That is because a small calf that grows into a large animal with a large skeleton, four times faster than human babies do, needs it. Why should human babies drink cow’s milk if it is not necessary for them to grow that fast? It is a well known fact that no other species other than humans, continues to drink milk after weaning and even into adulthood, more so the milk from another species.
one to one and a half years old. It is important to note that by the time calves are weaned, they are eight times heavier than what they weighed at birth. It is like a two-year-old child weighing 32 Kg!
Human diet has evolved over centuries. Many civilisations from different climate zones have tried out different kinds of diets and have settled for the ones that suited them the most. People of some civilisations drink camel milk and donkey milk too. Humans evolve through rationally guided trial and error. Veganism is a step further in the evolution of human diet.
cows’, is believed to have loved cows and enjoyed consuming their milk and butter made out of milk. It is because of this reason that Krishna movements and cults praise the consuming of bovine milk. Consuming milk products has been a part of Indian and many other cultures. However, as time went by, the production of milk was industrialised and its control was held by a few major multinational organisations. Dairy lobbying grew stronger and stronger with every passing day and so did criminals too who invented new methods to benefit from the mass brainwashing of people through the media that the dairy industry has been so lavishly financing. There have been innumerable cases of adulterated milk and other such chemically concocted potions being sold as bovine milk. Even if the milk is not adulterated, how sure can the consumer be about what the cow, whose milk they drink, was fed? The safest way is to stay away from consuming meat or any kind of secretion that comes from animals. The man in the ‘Veggie-vegan’ video talks about ‘Ahimsa’ milk! 
A baby calf is deprived of its mother’s milk, and they call it ‘Ahimsa’! It is nothing but an egregious violation of the natural rights of a baby animal. The claim of selling ‘Ahimsa’ milk is like a butcher selling ‘Ahimsa meat’, telling his customers that he doesn’t slaughter animals but convinces them to ‘happily’ commit suicide in order to donate their meat to hungry humans! This is ridiculous! A simple Google search on ‘Ahimsa milk’ can help those interested in finding out more on this ‘religious’ way to exploit animals.
There are numerous cases of disease reversals through plant based diets and avoiding dairy. I have personally worked with people with advanced cancer, who recovered by giving up dairy and all kinds of animal proteins; and adhering strictly to plant based diets. Humans are basically designed to be herbivorous and frugivorous’ and like all other mammals, need mother’s milk only when they are babies and not when they are adults! When cows and bulls don’t drink a mother cow’s milk – why should humans?
same gender, like schoolmates, colleagues or even neighbours, is the one that is most dynamic in nature. Some last as short as a few months, while others last an entire lifetime. A friendship most often begins with a simple ‘Hello’, and it can grow into a very close relationship lasting over six or seven decades until one of the two people in the relationship departs. There are also many strong relationships that actually started with an argument or even after a quarrel. Strangely enough, such relationships last long.
automatically scans the other person to identify common interests, likes, dislikes and other traits in the new friend or acquaintance. This is the stage when the two, subconsciously, start building their expectations of one another. In other words, based on the observations they have made, either person actually decides how the other person should behave and also what he or she should do and not do. Once this stage is crossed, the basic equation in the relationship has been established.
usually caused by success or failure in business or in work. Sudden changes in the financial and social situation of one of the two persons, lead to an imbalance in the relationship. When such a thing happens, there is a difference in the way the one who is successful treats the other who has suffered setbacks. The person, who is still nursing his or her bruises after the fall, feels insulted and belittled. Initially, it is the feeling of hurt, but this feeling eventually turns into anger and animosity and the two people who were once great friends, turn foes.
disturb the balance in the equation. This disturbance normally comes in the form of an external entity whose views or opinions influence the equation. The entity could be a person or a character from a film, or from a book. When this happens, the partner, who is affected by the outside influence, starts acting or behaving differently. This disturbs the other person’s mind, and they enter into arguments that are unnecessary. If one of the two does not give in, the argument leads to a rift in the relationship, which becomes extremely difficult to mend. But the good news is that it is never too late to re-establish the relationship by looking back into the equation that existed when the relationship was first formed. All it takes a person is to travel back in memory, to analyse the different parts of the equation, and to take the necessary steps to balance it again.
: Venus – Love
Therefore learning something is of no use unless it is stored in MEMORY. But of what use is memory when a person is unconscious or even simply asleep? Let us try asking a super genius scientist who is asleep, some basic question on the subject he is good at and see what he says. A person who is in deep sleep can’t even hear you, let alone understand your question and answer it. This is because when one is asleep, it is only the subconscious mind that is awake maintaining vital bodily functions while the conscious mind sleeps.
Tavamithram Sarvada 