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Sangnya
(Instinct)

Aahaar (Hunger)
Every being has the thought of eating
and cannot do without it. Eating is
essential, and a compulsory part of a
living being's life. A living being is verily
the diet of another living being. Nothing
that lacks life can be eaten. “Jeevo
Jeevasya Bhojanam.” A jeev (living
being) is the bhojan (diet) of another
jeev.
What makes a Cow come running
towards a container full of food? It is the
instinct of hunger.
It is through this instinct that a living
being feels the sensation of hunger.
In the Animal and Plant realm, this
instinct is most powerful, whereas in the
celestial realm, it is the least active
instinct.

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Starting with the single sensory beings, to
the five sensory beings, all living beings
have the four basic instincts of hunger,
fear, reproduction and sleep. These
instincts are an inseparable part of the
living being from the time it comes to the
womb to the time of its death. Based on
these instincts, all its activities occur. Until
ultimate liberation, they (the four basic

Maithun (Sexual Intercourse
for reproduction)
This instinct causes the thought of
sexuality.
During the monsoons, this instinct
becomes highly active in the animal and
plant realm which causes them to
participate in reproduction. During the
rest of the year, animals do not think of
sexual activity.
In the human realm, one is continuously
absorbed in sexuality due to the intellect
(buddhi). The beings of Kalyug (the last
part of the time cycle, characterized by
ignorance and suffering) have a huge
tuber of pride and a very powerful instinct
of sexuality.
The instinct of sexuality is most active in
the human realm.