Help me tolerate the desires that are just my body’s reactions
Bhagavad Gita 5.23
śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṁ
prāk śarīra-vimokṣaṇāt
kāma-krodhodbhavaṁ vegaṁ
sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ
"Tolerating while in this bodily frame,
Desire and anger's burning flame,
Till the point the body meets its end,
The yogi attains a joy that knows no end."
My dear Lord, even though I understand that sensory indulgence leads to suffering, the desires still remain…