Gita reflection Ch 8 verses 15 & 16

27th June 2024

• What is the cause of rebirth that leads to suffering and pain? It's unfulfilled vasanas. Can anyone fulfill all the vasanas to get released from their hold? No.

• Vasanas are the essence of our subtle body, which consists of the mind, intellect, memory, and ego. These components are constantly overpowered by the existing vasanas and also polluted by new vasanas which arise from the contact of the senses with objects of the senses.

• Achieving the higher worlds that have heavenly pleasures, up to the world Brahma, does not guarantee the end of the rebirth cycle.

• Reaching the Supreme is the end of the endless cycle of birth and death. This is achieved by the wise men through realizing the reality of the Self and the illusion of the subtle body.