{"id":4890,"date":"2008-04-14T06:07:01","date_gmt":"2008-04-14T00:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=2608"},"modified":"2008-04-14T06:07:01","modified_gmt":"2008-04-14T00:37:01","slug":"monkeys-dont-want-visas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/monkeys-dont-want-visas\/","title":{"rendered":"Monkeys Don\u2019t Want Visas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"wrap-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/specials.rediff.com\/money\/2008\/apr\/11slid2.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Do you know what happiness is? I&#8217;ll tell you what happiness is. Happiness is coming across a WTF quote <a href=\"http:\/\/specials.rediff.com\/money\/2008\/apr\/11guru4.htm\" title=\"Swamiji's WTF speech Page 4\">like this<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>On this planet, only human beings can desire. Animals can&#8217;t. They are programmed to behave in a way and they do not have the faculty to desire. Have you seen Indian monkeys queuing up outside the US consulate? You don&#8217;t. Because monkeys do not have that desire to go to the US.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is a gentleman named Swami Dayananda Saraswati <a href=\"http:\/\/specials.rediff.com\/money\/2008\/apr\/11guru1.htm\" title=\"Swamiji's WTF speech Page 1\">speaking<\/a>. I find on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swami_Dayananda_Sarasvati\" title=\"Swamiji's Wikipedia page\">his Wikipedia page<\/a> that he has taught Vedanta courses in the US. From this we can conclude that a) Swamiji is not a monkey and b) Swamiji has desires.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m confused about whether that&#8217;s a good thing or a bad thing.<\/p>\n<p>(Link via email from <a href=\"http:\/\/chandoo.org\/wp\" title=\"Chandoo\">Chandoo<\/a>. Image via Rediff.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know what happiness is? I&#8217;ll tell you what happiness is. Happiness is coming across a WTF quote <a href=\"http:\/\/specials.rediff.com\/money\/2008\/apr\/11guru4.htm\" title=\"Swamiji's WTF interview Page 4\">like this<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>On this planet, only human beings can desire. Animals can&#8217;t. They are programmed to behave in a way and they do not have the faculty to desire. Have you seen Indian monkeys queuing up outside the US consulate? You don&#8217;t. Because monkeys do not have that desire to go to the US.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is a gentleman named Swami Dayananda Saraswati <a href=\"http:\/\/specials.rediff.com\/money\/2008\/apr\/11guru1.htm\" title=\"Swamiji's WTF interview Page 1\">speaking<\/a>. I find on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swami_Dayananda_Sarasvati\" title=\"Swamiji's Wikipedia page\">his Wikipedia page<\/a> that he has taught Vedanta courses in the US. From this we can conclude that a) Swamiji is not a monkey and b) Swamiji has desires.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m confused about whether that&#8217;s a good thing or a bad thing.<\/p>\n<p>(Link via email from <a href=\"http:\/\/chandoo.org\/wp\" title=\"Chandoo\">Chandoo<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Monkeys Don\u2019t Want Visas - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/monkeys-dont-want-visas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monkeys Don\u2019t Want Visas - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Do you know what happiness is? 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