Desire - cause of suffering

Every beings ultimate goal is liberation (Moksha) from the cycle of birth. But then wht stops them from getting the liberation? #SanataniYoddha #teamSanatanIndia
@anexcommie @gary_agg

It's 'desire', cos the desire for something anchors one's action to this world. Let's look at a short story by London Swaminathan (courtesy: https://tamilandvedas.com/tag/tamil-proverbs/)

River Godavari in South India was in floods. Two friends Ramappan and Thimmappan went to see the floods. @shri_v

They were enjoying watching lot of furniture, house hold utensils and trees and animals that were washed away and floating. Suddelny Ramappan noticed a big black bag floating in the middle of the river. He pointed it out to Thinnappan and said,
@shreikanth @HelloNNewman @RajeIyer

“Thinnappa, go and get that black bag. It is big. It must contain something valuable; Let us share it”.

Thinnappan jumped into the floods without hesitating and swam towards the black bag. He grabbed it and pulled it towards him. @hathyogi1 @_Aadishaktii @CosmosSanatan @ibishwal

But the bag was not a bag; it was a bear washed away by the flood. That was struggling to get a grip and so it caught hold of him. Thinnappan tried to get out but couldn’t.

Ramappan still thought that the floating bag was a treasure and his friend was trying hard. @shri_v

But at one stage he shouted to Thinnappan,

“Please come back if you can’t get hold of the bag. Come back safe”

Thinnappan said: No Ramappan; it is not a bag; it is a bear.

He shouted back: "Leave it and come back."
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"I am ready to come back. But it wouldn’t allow me. I have left the bear; but the bear is not ready to leave me”.

Both of them went along the floods; Ramappan was helpless.
@JumbuTweeple @krithikasivasw @SriRamya21 @chittukuruvi4 @desi_thug1 @Brihati_V @dharmicverangna

Desire is like the bear in this story; once you catch hold of it, even if you want to get out, it wouldn’t leave you. So strong is the grip of desire!

A desire is not merely limited to things like money, property, etc. It's also for societal acceptance, making name for oneself &

so on. Any action born out of desire creates a baggage of Karma.

Tht's why Sri Krishn says in Bhagwat Gita, to disassociate from both good & bad action and attribute everything to Him.
@BesuraTaansane @cpraghav @Saru81589968

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