An Analysis of the Brahma Sutra - 4.2.-Swami Krishnananda.
=============================================================== ============================================================== Sunday, April 17, 2022. 06:00. Chapter - 4. The Origin of Bondage -2. =============================================================== The 'shot-off' sparks asserted individuality of their own, something like each appointed official in a centralised government assuming independence. This is called seceding. A district collector may say 'the whole district is mine only. Don't talk to me!' and so on. A patwari may say 'this village is mine'. Though they are all sparks of a central operation called the government, they can attempt to secede by an arrogance developed in themselves and wind themselves up on a cocoon of involvement in a little area of functioning – it may even be a little mohulla – you may say 'I am the lord of this mohulla'. In a similar manner, tragedy has befallen the individual soul. Desire is the nature of t