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gets distorted and they become attached to the grip of rajas and tamas, our interactions
objects. That is the way of the world. with the world become unwholesome.
The mind becomes emotionally turbulent
Śuddhasyacetasorajastamobhyāmmrañjanahhrāgahh leading to the hijacking of intelligence.
— rāga is the colouring of the mind with rajas and When emotions hijack the mind, then there
tamas. Rajas distorts perception and then tamas is disaster; there is a crash. But the problem
causes attachment. Rajas and tamas have been is not with the world. The problem is not
mentioned as the two faults of the mind. When with the sense objects. When our mind is in
we do not understand the proper significance control and when our interactions with sense
of the sense objects in the world, we get objects are wholesome, then we experience
attached to them or develop aversion. Under happiness and health.

Dr. Ram Manohar is Director of Research, Amrita School of Ayurveda, Kollam, Kerala

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