kāma
Root: kam Devanāgarī: काम Translation: desire, longing Similar words:rāga Opposite words:dveṣa Related concepts:dharma, artha, mokṣa, icchā, bhaya, mṛtyu, ūrmi, mada, matsara, krodha, lobha, mohaAppears in
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“There are essentially three causes for fear….
desire, disease and death.”
– T Krishnamacharya on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two verse 9
“What the mind desires does not diminish as we age,
only the capacity to realise it.”
– TKV Desikachar
“The desire to have is pushing us to seek things,
but to seek what sort of things?”
– TKV Desikachar from unedited manuscript for ‘What are We Seeking?’.
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