Gita-Sarah-Commentary-on-the-Slokas-of-Bhagavad-Gita

To be attached to persons as ‘mywife’ ‘my father’ etc. or to the house orother things is one of the mainobstructions to realisation. This attachmentis a result of the ego i.e., identifyingoneself with the body. This attachmentitself is a great evil or defect (as perSankara) and this can be conquered whenonce the ego is eliminated.“If you give up ‘I’ and ‘Mine’ instead,all are given up at a stroke. The very seedof possession is lost. Thus the evil isnipped in the bud or crushed in the germitself. Dispassion (vairagya) must be verystrong to do this.” (Talk No.28)When all attachment to all worldlyobjects is gone, one should be able toattach himself to the quest of realizing theSelf wholly. The more we attach ourselvesto the Self, the more will the desires formaterial objects vanish. One should42<strong>Gita</strong> <strong>Sarah</strong>