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Commonsense About The Senses (Restraining the Senses)
The
Vedanta
Kesari,
p.
166-170,
May
2006
We
said
earlier,
that
the
senses
provide
knowledge
of
the
world.
What
is
wrong
about
it?
Nothing,
except
that
the
senses
do
not
provide
us
a
complete
answer
to
the
fundamental
issues
of
life.
For
that,
we
need
some
other
source
of
knowledge.
We
cannot,
of
course,
stop
using
the
senses;
as
long
as
one
lives,
one
has
to
be
in
one"s
senses.
One
who
cannot
use
his
senses
is
practically
dead.
But
the
teachers
of
spirituality
want
us
to
remember
that
the
answer
to
the
questions
related
to
happiness
and
the
nature
of
human
destiny
cannot
be
found
in
sensory
experience.
By their very nature, senses make us restless. They thrive on enjoyment. Things go wrong when senses begin to decline with aging, but the desires do not. Naturally, one then feels frustrated and deprived. One feels one should have had more time and energy to enjoy greater amount of objects of senses.
Srimat Bhagavatam narrates the story of king Yayati. He was a good and youthful person, but given to sensual pleasures. Like all human beings, he too one day became old and decrepit. Though his senses became weak, his desire for enjoyments did not. He felt very disappointed and frustrated. He wanted a solution, and asked one of his sons, whether he could give him his youth. The son agreed, and Yayati became young again and was soon lost in enjoyment. This borrowed youth, which had rejuvenated his senses, however, began to decline with the passage of time. This made Yayati frustrated again, but fortunately, this experience taught him a lesson and he became disillusioned with finding a lasting happiness in the senses. He summarised his experience thus: Verily, this desire for enjoyment never becomes satisfied through enjoyment. The desires go on increasing and become more and more intense as is the case of fire when clarified butter is poured into it.
About
the
author
Swami Atmashraddananda
Swami Atmashraddhananda is a monk of the Ramakrishna Order and editor of The Vedanta Kesari from the year 2004 .
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