SRIMAD MAHABHAGAVATHAM :1.9 - Swami Krishnananda
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, August 02, 2020.4:59. AM. Discourse 1: King Parikshit’s Question to Suka Maharishi -9. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. But the senses also tell us that this world is not all by the dissatisfaction that follows from every kind of so-called satisfaction provided to us by the sense organs. Because the contact of the senses with objects gives satisfaction, it may bring us to the conclusion that this world is wonderful and it is good in itself, but the bitter consequence that follows from this so-called ‘goodness’ of the satisfaction gained through these sense organs, is also indicative of the fact that this is not really good. So the senses are our teachers in a way, apart from their being what people generally call deceivers. They are pointers to two levels of reality at the same time. If we want to dub the...