Passage 5

In English

The Rajasik and Thamasik paths

Now about the second type - the rajasik. In the early stages, this path is nectarine but later, it slides into misery, for the happiness is derived through the senses from objects of the external world. The pleasure soon reveals itself as unreal, false and exhausting. Once the process starts, it drags on with no facility for rest. Man becomes too weak to pursue the goals of (righteousness) (prosperity) (wish-fulfilment) and (liberation) which are laid down for him. His intellect, imaginative skill, intuitive faculty - all are rendered lame. Man can even lose his human-ness. The blind pursuit of objective sensual pleasure has today resulted in this very calamity. Man has forgotten his true Divinity and surrendered his life to unholy activities.