Passage 10

In English

Turn senses Godward from early age

I keep telling the students often that the childhood of man is like a tender banana leaf. At this age, this ‘banana leaf’ is very pure, attractive, and lively. This ‘leaf’, containing the delicacies of five senses (sound, touch, form, taste, and smell), should be offered to God. But, due to the impact of the age, man is offering these five types of ‘delicacies’ to the six demons: , , , , , and (lust, anger, greed, attachment, pride, and jealousy). After the demons eat away the delicacies, spoiling the leaf in the process, man is offering the leftover unsacred food to God in old age. Is it proper to offer to God the remains of the food eaten by the demons?