Sanskrit Verse
Icchha dveshah sukham duhkham sanghatash chetana dhritih, etat kshetram samasena sa-vikaram udahritam
Translation & Meaning
Desire, hatred, happiness, distress, the aggregate of the senses, intelligence, and will — these together constitute the field and its modifications. All psychological and emotional phenomena belong to the field, not the true self.
Key Teachings
- •Emotions and desires are part of the material field
- •Consciousness animating the field is different from the field itself
- •The self is not identified with mental and emotional states
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