What if one gets attached to the Truth? || Acharya Prashant, on Bhagvad Gita (2020)
ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते।
सङ्गात् संजायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते।। 62।।
dhyāyato viṣhayān puṁsaḥ saṅgas teṣhūpajāyate
saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ’bhijāyate
क्रोधाद्भवति संमोहः संमोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः।
स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति।। 63 ।।
krodhād bhavati sammohaḥ sammohāt smṛiti-vibhramaḥ
smṛiti-bhranśhād buddhi-nāśho buddhi-nāśhāt praṇaśhyati
If a person dwells on objects, there arises attachment for them. From attachment grows hankering, from hankering springs anger. From anger follows delusion; from delusion, failure of memory; from the failure of memory, the loss of understanding; from the loss of understanding, he perishes.
~ Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 62–63
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Question: Any two objects kept together in proximity and for a long period of time will get attached. We stay in proximity to our family, and thus we are attached. Does it mean that to have a stable mind one has to be close to no one? If I’m close to the one who seems to be close to the Truth, will I not get attached to him?