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Passion - The Mode Of
The mode of passion is born of unlimited desires and longings,
O son of Kunté, and because of this the embodied living entity is
bound to material fruitive actions. - BG 14:7 -
One in the mode of passion is never satisfied with the position he
has already acquired; he hankers to increase his position. If he
wants to construct a residential house, he tries his best to have a
palatial house, as if he would be able to reside in that house eter-
nally. And he develops a great hankering for sense gratification.
There is no end to sense gratification. He always wants to remain
with his family and in his house and to continue the process of
sense gratification. There is no cessation of this. All these symp-
toms should be understood as characteristic of the mode of passion.
- BG 14:12, purport -
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