“ The ideas of heat & cold, pleasure & pain, are produced by the contact of the senses with their objects. Such ideas are limited by a beginning & an end, they are transitory, bear them with patience ”
Source: God Talks with Arjuna (2010), page 200
Categories: Philosophy Wisdom Pain Spirituality Bhagavad gita Pleasure
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