Why should we carefully weed out the poisonous fang of desire? Bhagawan lovingly explains to us with a powerful and memorable analogy today.

Kama (desire) is the three-headed demon! When you achieve your desire, you develop lobha (greed), to retain the gain and see that it multiplies. When you are defeated in desire, you develop krodha (anger)!  Even penance might not transmute such a character, as seen in the case of Bhasmasura, who sought to destroy the very Lord who granted him the boon! Kama, lobha and krodha are all forms of rajoguna (passion and activity), feverish activity that ignores the ‘means’ while concentrating on the ‘end’. Rajoguna pursues the goal, but isn’t particular about the correctness of the path!  There is a story of some monkeys who planted a mango garden. They planted the saplings, watered them a few days, and plucked them from off the ground to see how deep the roots had gone! They wanted them to grow fast and yield fruits, but they were unaware of the process by which they could get the fruits they craved for! Act righteously; then, claim the fruit! Cultivate with care, and collect the harvest!