The Teachings of the Bhagavad-gita : 6.11.

[Ramavarma Parameswaran]

12/04/2016.

The Teachings of the Bhagavad-gita : 6.11.

 Chapter 6: Self-Restraint and the Nature of the Self : 11.

There is also samskara-dukha, mentioned by Patanjali in one of the sutras. 

The impressions created by the fulfilment of a desire will be enough to cast us, hurl into rebirth, because the samskaras, vasanas, or the grooves formed in the mind by the erroneous notion that joy is in the object. 

These grooves will become conditioning factors of the future destiny of the individual, and they will go on playing the same tune like a gramophone record, so that we will never forget an earlier enjoyment. 

They will be harassing us even in our dream, and they can persist even after the shedding of this body. 

Rebirth is caused by unfulfilled desires. 

The frailty of this body and the fickleness of our social relationships are such that all desires cannot be fulfilled in the short span of life. 

Hence something always remains as a residue unfulfilled, which rockets forth our subtle body to that particular condition in space-time, where these unfulfilled longings can materialize; this process is called rebirth. 

Thus, the agony continues even in the future life – samskara-dukha.

Swami Krishnananda

 To be continued ....