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David Bellamy and Ron Taylor wrote the hit song, Too Much is Not Enough , a title that gives a concise account of material pleasure.
Mick Jagger and Keith Richard’s popular refrain, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction presents a similar theme.
Indeed, in this material world, there is an unending list of songs and poems bemoaning the deficiency of material sense gratification.
Coming to our rescue, in the Gita, Krishna explains that one who pursues the path of devotional service will taste a happiness that is limitless.
“In the stage of perfection called trance, or samadhi, one’s mind is completely restrained from material mental activities by practice of yoga. This perfection is characterized by one’s ability to see the Self by the pure mind and to relish and rejoice in the Self. In that joyous state, one is situated in boundless transcendental happiness, realized through transcendental senses. Established thus, one never departs from the truth, and upon gaining this he thinks there is no greater gain. Being situated in such a position, one is never shaken, even in the midst of greatest difficulty. This indeed is actual freedom from all miseries arising from material contact.”
Om Tat Sat
Vaisesika Dasa
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