| "The yoga system is practiced to control the mind, to control the senses, because we have to evolve from animal platform to brāhmaṇa platform or spiritual platform, sattva-guṇa. tato rājas-tamo-bhāvāḥ, kāma-lobhādayaś ca ye, ceta etair anāviddhaṁ, sthitaṁ sattve prasīdati (SB 1.2.19). Unless we control the base qualities, namely the modes of ignorance and passion, you cannot be happy. It is not possible. Tato rājas-tamo-bhāvāḥ. Rājas tamo-bhāvāḥ means kāma and lobhā. So long I have lusty desires and so long I have greediness to acquire more and more and more, to enjoy senses more and more . . . That is greediness. One should be satisfied, the minimum possible. Āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithunaṁ ca sāmānyam etat paśubhir narāṇām (Hitopadeśa 25). Āhāra means eating. Āhāra, nidrā, sleeping, and fearing and sense enjoyment. These are required, but not for increasing but decreasing."
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