How is touch purified? Touch is related to the skin(2) and the sense that is most related to sex. Srila Prabhupada compares sex desire to itching.(3) Certainly it is not purified or controlled by scratching.
The purification of the sense of touch was achieved by Maharaja Ambarisha by only associating with devotees and in the normal course of activity his body would touch the bodies of the devotees.(4)
By being engaged in devotional service the sense of touch is automatically satisfied. Just as by offering prasadam to Lord Krishna(for Lord Krishna's pleasure) and then taking the remnants the sense of taste is satisfied.
Perhaps that is why I am so attached to serving Tulsi devi. In the normal course of collecting Her leaves and flowers I touch Her body and my sense of touch is automatically purified.
1. The devotee thus surpasses the subtle objects of different senses like aroma by smelling, the palate by tasting, vision by seeing forms, touch by contacting, the vibrations of the ear by ethereal identification, and the sense organs by material activities. http://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/2/2/29
2.When there was a separate manifestation of skin, the controlling deities of sensations and their different parts entered into it, and thus the living entities feel itching and happiness due to touch. http://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/3/6/18
3. That itching sensation can be tolerated if one practices Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Then one will not be very attracted by sex life. http://prabhupadabooks.com/jsd/7/psychoanalysis_and_the_soul?d=1
4. He used his eyes to see the Deity, he used his legs to go to the temple, he used his hands for cleansing the temple, he used his nose for smelling the flower and tulasī offered to Kṛṣṇa, he used his tongue for tasting Kṛṣṇa-prasādam. In this way, he engaged all his senses in the service of the Lord. http://prabhupadabooks.com/classes/nod/the_nectar_of_devotion/vrndavana/november/05/1972?d=1
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