In English
In this context, I have to dilate on the nature of human knowledge and the five gateways of perception. Man is endowed with the five sensory organs connected with the five faculties of , , , , and (sound, touch, sight, taste, and smell). The preservation and the development of these sensory faculties depend on the sathwic food taken through the mouth. The type of sathwic food that we take is determined by the fancies of individual taste. We feel satisfied when we take the right type of food through our mouths. But we forget that we absorb an incorporeal type of food through the other sensory organs also. The wholesome effect of sathwic food will be nullified if we listen to bad talk, indulge in bad talk, look at bad things, come into physical contact with bad things and smell bad things. Mind and body are tainted, contaminated and polluted by evil. Thus, sathwic food alone is not enough for the spiritual regeneration of man. We should not speak about evil. We must avoid condemning others and praising ourselves. Self-adulation and self-glorification retard spiritual development. We must feed our sensory organs with wholesome food, wholesome sounds and wholesome sights. The tongue is meant to sing the glory of God. The ears are meant for feasting on the glorious manifestations of the divine.