Comment on Flesh

During the book, in numerous chapters, the flesh means the body of an individual including both the passions and the appearance. While an important vehicle of the living Soul, Krishna expresses that the flesh should not be overrated. However, he also complains to his friend Arjuna that asceticism and extremes off self-denial are not necessarily much better than over indulgence in the pleasures of the flesh: sex, intoxications, food and all behaviors that generate 'endorphins' whether running marathons or violence can be viewed as indulgences of the flesh as they are based in heightening sensual experience is some manner.