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different objects. We see with the eyes, hear
with the ears, smell with the nose, taste with
the tongue, and touch with the skin. Organs
of action are : the speech, the hands, the
feet, the genital, and the anus. The organs of
perception occupy upper part of the body
while those of action, barring speech, the
lower one. The body has been compared with
a chariot. The soul, sitting on this chariot, is
its master. All the ten senses are like horses
yoked to the chariot. The mind acts as the
bridle of the horses. The intellect is the
charioteer. The objects of the senses are the
pathways (towards which the horses run). If
the chariot of life goes in the right direction,
the soul will reach its destination. The
destination of soul is achieving God and
salvation. If the senses, the mind, and the
intellect go out of control, the chariot of life
will collapse and be completely ruined. If that
happens, the human life, we earned after a
series of births, will go waste.