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So, jñāna vijñāna tṛpta ātmā. Tṛpta means satisfied, not hungry. When we are thirsty and hungry and we get good food and good drink, then we say, "Now I am satisfied"—completely happy and satisfied. So when you are satisfied, you will say, "I am tṛpta." Tṛpti. Tṛpti means completeness, satisfaction. You can say this is another expression of the Pūrṇa. Pūrṇa can be for anything, and Tṛpti can be only for the person. So, jñāna vijñāna tṛpta ātmā: that ātmā, that yourself, when yourself is completely satisfied, then your many, many unhappinesses will disappear. Such a person, who is above everything, his place is higher because he has mastered the senses; he is not the slave of the senses. The senses are active, and they will be active. When they are dead, your body is dead. But they are under your instructions, so you are not the slave of your senses, but the senses are your slave. Now, such a yogī who can understand, such a yukta yogī, such a yogī who has attained this place with these qualities, whose consciousness has become now such a pure and detached consciousness—now for that person, gold and the dust are the same. A piece of glass or a diamond is the same. That one is detached because he knows. Now Kāraṇa and Kārya: he knows the cause and the matter. And the tṛpta ātmā knows no desires. Our suffering, our disappointment, our longing, our unhappiness is because we are not above the desires. We do have expectations, and when the expectation is not fulfilled according to our expectations, then we are very unhappy and sad, and so on and so on. So first bring yourself to that level of consciousness, then you will understand more. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān kī, Devpurījī kī, Śrī Mādhavānanda Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān kī, Sanātana Dharma kī. Recording location: Czech Republic, Strilky, Summer seminar