In English
I will give you a small example. Now you are standing here. Your ears are with you. Somebody behind the gate is talking about you in a good way and praising you. Thus, some good talk about you is outside the gate; your ears are here. As long as the ears are away and not listening to what is being talked about you, there is no pleasure. In the same manner, if behind the gate somebody is talking ill about you, and you are not hearing it, there is no reaction, neither elation or depression. It is only when this particular talk falls on your ears, or when somebody comes and tells you that so and so has spoken ill of you, that it is possible that you may have some reaction; you may become angry or you may be hurt to some extent. It is only when the contact is established between the appropriate sensory organ and the action that we have been talking about that there can be any reaction and experience in our mind.