17/05/2026
- Rudra Musings -
Three Types of Pleasure
The pleasure that one enjoys from spiritual practice results in cessation of all sorrows.
• The pleasure that appears as poison in the beginning, but is like nectar in the end, comes by the grace of Self-knowledge and is in the mode of goodness.
• Sensual pleasures that appear as nectars in the beginning, but become poison in the end, are in the mode of passion.
• Pleasure that confuses a person in the beginning and in the end as a result of sleep, laziness, and carelessness, is in the mode of ignorance.
There is no being, either on the earth or among the celestial controllers in
the heaven, who can remain free from these three modes of material Nature.
from ‘A Complete Modern English Translation with. Introduction, Guide for the Beginners and Daily Reading.’ By Dr. Ramananda Prasad, Ph.D.
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