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Reality, Religion, and Passion

Thus it is impor­tant to note the the­o­log­i­cal point embed­ded in the devo­tional exal­ta­tion of enjoyment–it is not that enjoy­ment is the best way to wor­ship Krishna, nor that it is his most char­ac­ter­is­tic qual­ity, nor even that it is his best. It is that he him­self is the qual­ity of enjoy­ment. Only in enjoy­ment, in expe­ri­enc­ing or “tast­ing’ him, can we both be and see him.
If Being is enjoy­ment then we can enjoy as much as we like, wher­ever and when­ever we like, indis­crim­i­nately and with­out prej­u­dice as to the object of our desire. But if it is also attach­ment, direct­ed­ness, telos, then this too must be exem­pli­fied in an appro­pri­ate atti­tude to our object(s) of desire. (226–7)