‘Avidya’ means ignorance, and this is the greatest disease on earth. Just as disease has its symptoms, ignorance has its symptoms: lust, anger, greed, illusion, pride and envy. And these things are…
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The Mind is like a Mirror – Radhanath Swami
The mind is considered to be like a mirror. The soul is seen through this mirror of the mind. But if the mind is full of debris and dust—of lust, greed, anger, pride, envy and illusion—what do we see? We just see debris and dust. We cannot see…
Radhanath Swami on the Difference between Lust and Love
The difference between lust and love is that one is based on ignorance and the other on the truth, one is selfish and the other selfless. When we are under the misconception of, “I am this body and you are your body,” and when we are after the temporary flickering sensations…
Radhanath Swami on Lust and Ego
The fact is the living entity is pleasure seeking. We cannot stop looking for pleasure whoever we are. Even mystic yogis—we have seen them, we have lived with them, we have shared our lives with them–they are way up in the jungle in freezing cold winter,