How does the text compare the pleasures of heaven and earth, and what is the ultimate goal it advocates for?

📖 Chapter 37

Chapter 37 offers a radical perspective on sensual pleasure, arguing there is no essential difference whether experienced in heaven or on earth. It uses a vivid comparison, stating that the pleasure Indra feels in the Nandana garden and the pleasure a donkey feels wallowing in a dung-heap are of equal weight. Therefore, the text discourages striving for heavenly pleasures, which are temporary. Instead, it advocates for a life on earth, even if fleeting, dedicated to devotion. The ultimate goal proposed is to offer every action to God, which leads to a place of fearlessness, and to be in places where there are devotees and stories of Hari and the Guru.


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