Sarada Devi Quotes About Desire
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The world is going on because not all can be free of desires. People with desires are born again and again.
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This world is moving around like a wheel. That indeed is the last birth in which one gets completely rid of all desires.
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Rebirth is inevitable so long as one has desires. It is like taking the soul from one pillow-case and putting it into another. Only one or two out of many men can be found who are free from all desires.
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In one word, one should desire of God desirelessness. For desire alone is at the root of all suffering. It is the cause of repeated births and deaths. It is the obstacle in the way of liberation.
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Desire may be compared to a minute seed. It is like a big banyan tree growing out of a seed, which is no bigger than a dot.
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As long as a man has desires there is no end to his transmigration. It is the desires alone that make him take one body after another. There will be rebirth for a man if he has even the desire to eat a piece of candy.
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