Talk:Tokugawa Kaiten Meikyū - Ōoku/@comment-27904100-20190402020526/@comment-28209103-20190402140409

I think the key point in here is that majority are still confused on what [Ai] is.

as seen by Tokugawa and the nature of Kamadev and kama in hindu's teaching, Kama simply means passion. Passion for power, passion for love, passion for hobby anything.

Kama is good because it's something that drive people forward and made people enjoy their life. It also fill the void that is the meaningless existence of self. That is Kama; That is [Ai]

However if passion taken too far it'll destroy someone,, in Hindu you need to pursue Kama in proportion with Dharma and Artha. I am assuming that Mara is probably exactly that, passion that are taken too far it mislead people.

It's not like kama is inherently bad or good,, it's just that even medicine will turn into poison if you take too much of it