- Turn the six enemies around – towards God. Have lust for union with the Atman. Show anger to those who are an obstacle in the way to God. Have greed to attain Him. If you have to say, ‘Me and mine,’ say it in relation to Him – as, for example, ‘My Krishna or my Rama.’ If you have pride, let it be like the pride of Bibhishana who said, ‘I have bowed to Rama. This head shall never bow to anybody else.’
- Shame, hatred, fear and suspicion – all these are bonds.
- Eight bonds bind man: shame, hatred, fear, pride of caste, suspicion, and secretiveness are all bonds.
- What is the meaning of the theft of the gopis’ clothes? The eight fetters – the gopis were rid of all the fetters except the feeling of shame. So he snapped even that bondage. All bondages are removed when one realizes God.
- There are the eight bonds. You can’t get rid of them all. God keeps you bound by one or two for teaching others.