Just as a female serpent destroys the body with its bite, and no treatment like mantras is effective on it, similarly, the bite of a woman, meaning the bite of the sexual gland, is such that it cannot be escaped by any means. Because its connection exists in all species. If it is a male serpent, it can be cured with a mantra mantra 1) A repeated word or phrase. 2) A sacred verbal phrase repeated in prayer, or meditation, such as ‘Swãminãrãyan’. Wicked people use mantras to cast evil curses. Tap to open in glossary → mantra mantra 1) A repeated word or phrase. 2) A sacred verbal phrase repeated in prayer, or meditation, such as ‘Swãminãrãyan’. Wicked people use mantras to cast evil curses. Tap to open in glossary → mantra mantra 1) A repeated word or phrase. 2) A sacred verbal phrase repeated in prayer, or meditation, such as ‘Swãminãrãyan’. Wicked people use mantras to cast evil curses. Tap to open in glossary → this heterosexual desire between man man Mind. One of the four antah-karans, with the function of (pronounced mun) generating thoughts and desires, and governing all of the indriyas. Tap to open in glossary → Now, how can that attraction be removed from the soul? Therefore, be afraid and keep a distance. It is not just about women; it is the mutual heterosexual attraction between men and women. Yesterday, we had that discourse on Sneh Sneh Affection. Love. Tap to open in glossary → When young people experience mutual attraction between man man Mind. One of the four antah-karans, with the function of (pronounced mun) generating thoughts and desires, and governing all of the indriyas. Tap to open in glossary → Attraction to wealth has a reason. What? That 'I need comfort, so I need wealth. I need comfort, I need facilities, I want to get married, so I need wealth.' But why is a woman needed? If she is not there, will one die? So that is the root. Therefore, in the Gita, God has called it the root flaw. Wealth also depends on it. Greed depends on it. Then greed starts on its own. Many times, a machine has to be cranked with a handle, and after cranking, it starts running rapidly, and then it does not stop. So then it becomes pure greed, but its beginning, its root cause, is this. Therefore, God said in the Gita that lust, anger, and greed, these three are the gates to hell. Then He said, 'It is lust, it is anger, born of the rajo-guna, all-devouring and all-sinful. Know this to be the enemy here.' Then God mentioned only one. In the end, He mentioned one. 'Slay this enemy, O mighty-armed, in the form of lust, which is difficult to conquer.' There is no reason for its origin. For the attraction between man man Mind. One of the four antah-karans, with the function of (pronounced mun) generating thoughts and desires, and governing all of the indriyas. Tap to open in glossary → there is no reason. It arises on its own. How to suppress that attraction? That is called the state of desirelessness. If someone says 'I do not have it,' that is not believable. How to renounce it and how to let it go, how to let go of that attraction? That is a question for a human being. It is a question for a seeker of liberation, and that is why it was said to the seeker. Therefore, it was called the bite of a female serpent. The bite of a female serpent, meaning for him, it is not just the bite of a female serpent; for a woman, it is a man man Mind. One of the four antah-karans, with the function of (pronounced mun) generating thoughts and desires, and governing all of the indriyas. Tap to open in glossary → man man Mind. One of the four antah-karans, with the function of (pronounced mun) generating thoughts and desires, and governing all of the indriyas. Tap to open in glossary → It is so powerful. Therefore, letting go of it is very difficult, and if it is let go, it happens only if there is God's grace, otherwise not. It should be considered God's grace. If thoughts do not arise in the mind, it should be considered God's pleasure. And if they happen too much, they should be considered sins of past lives. If too many sins have accumulated, then it happens more. A sadhu named Kidi Sakhi, despite having devotion for Shreeji Maharaj, had to take a woman and start a worldly life due to sexual desire. In the general public, even in that, attraction does not happen. These boys, young boys who are studying in 11th or 12th grade, and if any of them wishes to become a sadhu, what is the greatest attraction shown to them? Marriage. Once married, it is over. And or of business. Wealth and women, these two are major points of attraction. Like, 'Come, I will take you abroad, and get you such a job, and get you into such a job or business,' they do that. A boy, many years ago when I was in Rajkot, became a devotee. And since he became a devotee, his maternal uncle came. His uncle came and said, 'Come, I will set up a factory for you. Do this.' Then he left. Later, the uncle did not set up any factory, and he remained idle. Later, though, he worked hard and did good work. He earned a little. But then no one can resist. They get tempted that 'if money is available, let's go, we will use the money and worship God.' Like that. And these are two major attractions for the soul. Therefore, escaping from those attractions is simply not the work of an ordinary person. Only if God has mercy on someone can they do it. Otherwise, they cannot. Otherwise, even if they are ascetics, they are always stumbling after money. We may not show that we are not stumbling after money. But they do. We may not show in our minds, saying 'we have nothing to do with money, money is at our feet.' And we kick it away. But they are stumbling. They either stumble after money or stumble after wealthy people, as Gurumaharaj says, right? That we ascetics do not show much pride of money, but we stumble after wealthy people. Holding onto their clothes, poor things, planning day and night how to empty their pockets so that it comes into our lap. So all those plans are called attachment. It is called attachment to wealth. If one gets attached to the mission, then everything is renounced. Even one's own nature is renounced. Attachment to the mission is like that. Attachment to the mission means attachment to God. Just by taking God's name, those kings and emperors would shed their kingdoms like a serpent sheds its skin. All these like Manu Manu Manu is responsible for overseeing the first stages of all life forms in the new cycle of creation and he lives for the entire cycle. Manu and his wife become the first parents for each cycle (Adam and Eve). In one day of Brahmã, fourteen Manus reign and die. The duration of the reign of one Manu is 306,720,000 human years, and is called a manvantar. Fourteen Manus are created and destroyed during one day of Brahmã. 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