Kama: The Riddle of Desire Audiobook (Free)

A riveting account of love and desireIndia is the only civilization to raise kama-desire and pleasure-to an objective of existence. Kama is certainly both cosmic and human energy, which animates existence and retains it in place. Gurcharan Das weaves a powerful narrative soaked in philosophical, historical and literary tips in the third level of his trilogy on life’s goals: India Unbound was the first, on artha, ‘materials well-being’; and THE ISSUE of Being Good was the second, on dharma, ‘moral well-being’. Here, in his wonderful prose, he examines how to cherish desire in order to live a rich, flourishing life, arguing that if dharma is definitely a duty to some other, kama is a responsibility to oneself. It sheds new light on like, marriage, family, adultery and jealousy as it wrestles with questions such as these: How exactly to nurture desire without harming others or oneself? Are the erotic as well as the ascetic two aspects of our same individual nature? What’s the partnership between romantic love and bhakti, the like of god?