ABSTRACT
Although Kapila admitted a great number of causes, he classified them under three headings. The first is adhyatrmka, which refers to suffering that is closely related to one’s self. For instance, suffering from sickness and disease that attack the body; and fears or worries that attack the mind. A second cause of suffering is known as adhibhautika, caused by extraneous circumstances, either involving one’s own family and friends or strangers. The third cause of suffering is adhidaivika, which might be termed supernatural, which insurance companies refer to as ‘acts of God’, for example, flood, fire, earthquake, etc. Man is so constituted that nothing of the finite can satisfy him completely; because in him dwells the infinite God; self-consciousness has evolved in him, and it is only in the infinite that man will find complete happiness. The authors' master, Swami Brahmananda, used to call this sahaja-yoga (‘easy yoga’) - keeping recollectedness of God as continuously as possible.
