Allow one bondage, and you allow a hundred

“One who after withdrawing the organs of action, sits mentally recollecting the objects of senses, that one, of deluded mind, is called a hypocrite.”

~ Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, Chapter-3, Verse-6

Following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant

Questioner: Shri Krishna is saying that a man who abstains from action yet keeps on thinking about the objects of the senses, is a hypocrite. Whereas to me, the mental contemplation of the desired object is more pleasure giving than actually enjoying that object via. gross senses. If we, then, focus our desire only on one mental object or image, won’t the desire for the world lessen considerably? Won’t such an approach be beneficial in reducing attachment to the world? Once our mind is considerably or fully attached to that one mental object or image. Will it not eventually lead to the dissolution of the ego and elimination of attachment for that one mental image as well? Even the goal of all spiritual action is the dissolution of ego. So, is this particular approach or method valid or am I misguided?

Acharya Prashant: We are not probably quite clear about the constitution of this world and its…