Page 8 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 8

Holi is a festival of colours when there is great participation in colours and connected revelries. Master states the persons who engage in this revelry are those whose temperament is inclined towards plays. Most people are interested in externalities and play is an act dealing with external things, situations and people. There are good plays and bad plays and each one of them is played by the persons of such temperament. There are also mutual conflicts and appreciations and confabulations varying in degree according to the level of persons in transaction. These persons are never tired of playing and Holi is a time when their play reaches a pinnacle of excitement. We may say it is mostly the rajasic temperament of a group of persons in full swing.
Those who do not participate in this merry activity, we may think are detached and satvic but Master states these bystanders are also charmed by the colourful form the play offers. Perhaps they engage in the play in a vicarious manner and the
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