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greed of mind goes on increasing with every
act of satisfying it. The mind is like a monkey.
As the monkey, without being steady at one
place, keeps leaping and jumping from one
branch to another, so does the mind from
one subject to another. It is not satisfied with
what it has. It is always restless to acquire
what it doesn't have. Those who yield to mind,
are always tense/agitated and sad. No one
has so far been able to satisfy all the demands
of the mind. The mind keeps a man agitated,
full of worries and tension. The man is
engaged in satisfying the demands of the mind
throughout his life. The fire flares up if we
pour ghee into it. So is the mind emboldened
if we go on satisfying desires and seeking
pleasures for it.
Gita cffers a simple, straightforward and
practical explanation of observing issues of
human life in question-answer style. Arjuna
asks Lord Krishna. "0 Lord, the mind is much