Thursday, 13 March 2014

5 senses and animals

Here is another one

All animals have few senses and some are more developed than others. They too have weaknesses.

  1. The Elephant's weakness is touch and gets distracted with presence of another elephant especially a female elephant.
  2. The Moth's weakness is sight and is attracted to light , and we have all seen them crowd near a candle
  3. The Deer is very attracted to sound and often hunters use music to attract them & kill them
  4. The Bee's weakness is fragrance/smell. Attracts him to the flowers and sometimes is trapped there
  5. The Fish has taste as its weakness and gets attracted to bait as it cannot stop eating and eats whenever & what ever

The Human being with all 5 senses well developed and all 5 can be our weakness!!!

Further  :
an explanation from Chapter 2, Shloka 67 
Indriyannam Hi Charataam Yanmanonu Vidheeyate
Tadasya Harati Prajnaam Vayur Navam Ivammbhasi
which says
If the mind attaches itself to even one of the senses, which are constantly preoccupied with their objects, then even one sense alone can carry away the mind in the same way as breeze carries away a boat lying in the water

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