In English
Put a limit on your desires
Some evils have gone into the heart and have made one go along the wrong path. These are mainly two: one is desire ( ) and the other is anger ( ). Desire drives one toward animality; it converts human quality into animal quality. Howsoever highly educated one may be - a great scientist, a person of authority and high position - one is unable to control desires. We can lead a truly human life only when we are able to control our desires. Excessive desires cause delusion in humanity. In the , we find the example of . He was highly educated, very rich, and powerful. Despite all this, he brought about his ruin. Why? He could not control his desires. He lost his discrimination due to his evil desires and could not recognise what was good and what was bad. Not only should we have control of desires, we should have control over our senses also. Just because we are gifted with eyes, we shouldn’t make use of them in any way we like. We have ears. That does not mean that we should hear anything and everything. Similarly, we shouldn’t use our tongue in any way we like. Never speak anything that may hurt anybody. Never injure the feelings of others with harsh words.