श्री गणेश मंदिर - शिक्षा वाणी - 26th May 2019
Serene Sunday Reflections
PURUSHARTHA – The Blue Print of Practical LIFE
KEYWORDS –Purusharthas, Kama, Artha, Dharma, Moksha, Satisfaction, Happiness
Serene Sunday Reflections
PURUSHARTHA – The Blue Print of Practical LIFE
KEYWORDS –Purusharthas, Kama, Artha, Dharma, Moksha, Satisfaction, Happiness
Purushartha is Kama-Artha-Dharma-Moksha. KAMA is that desire which makes the world to develop. Each human must be unsatisfied in life and must be an embodiment of desires. The more the desire is, the more is the self, family, social and world development. But the desire must be based on DHARMA. If the desire is undesirable to the family, society or nature - it is Adharmic and he who is in desire gets himself into a selfish desire that will bury him in sadness (NO MOKSHA).
Who doesn’t want happiness? But, should it be temporary or permanent happiness? Purushartha gives balanced ways of being happy. KAMA - desire practically means dissatisfaction. Unsatisfied doesn’t mean not happy. One can be unsatisfied and be happy – that is the essence of life and MOKSHA. It is that state of happiness where he always lives in the present and aspires for a better and brighter future – not for the self but for a larger community. Ultimate Desire for a human being as he proceeds for a better life prescribes him to get educated and be creative. A creative happiness-filled balanced-life brings meaning to spiritual development. Physical fitness, Emotional Balance, Intellectual Sharpness, Socially active too; to gain long term happiness.
Education and creativity are the blessings of Saraswathi and Brahma. For any KARMA(Action), ARTHA is a must. God of ACTION is VISHNU; thus, got the pair LAKSHMI, the god of ARTHA (WEALTH). MOKSHA is the stage of bliss, the samadhi level and what is needed for anyone at that stage is health, energy. Provided and supported by Sakti (Parvati) and Shiva. Thus, Purusharthas are the inherent values of the Universe working with the help of Trinity.
Assume I want to go for a site-seeing trip. That desire is KAMA for which I must get the ticket and make all the arrangements. That can be a sponsored trip from my relative/friend, my payment from my savings – whatever is the means is the ARTHA. Assume I am not able to arrange these resources and I am to take some wrong ways of making the money needed for the trip, that is ADHARMA. If my means is ADHARMA, even after having everything which can make me enjoy, the inner feeling will be of the guilt and I will not be enjoying it fully. If my ways are Dharmic, I will enjoy in full. That enjoyment is called MOKSHA.
Let LIFE be Live-In-Full-Enjoyment, where soon after doing anything, let the self not tell to yourself; ‘Oh, I should not have done it’ – or for not doing any action; let self not tell yourself; ‘Oh, I should have done it’. RIGHT ACTION (KARMA) at the RIGHT TIME is DHARMIC, that gives MOKSHA as prescribed by PURUSHARTHA
The blue print is drawn following the footsteps of Srimad Bhagvad Gita (BG) from Chapter 2, Verse 7 (BG – 2/7) where Arjuna’s Kama is on desire and was confused in his Dharma. Lord Krishna leading to Moksha (BG – 18/66-72) through Bhakti and Karma (Artha) through chapters 2nd to 18th for e.g. BG – 8/16, 9/28, 11/55.
Who doesn’t want happiness? But, should it be temporary or permanent happiness? Purushartha gives balanced ways of being happy. KAMA - desire practically means dissatisfaction. Unsatisfied doesn’t mean not happy. One can be unsatisfied and be happy – that is the essence of life and MOKSHA. It is that state of happiness where he always lives in the present and aspires for a better and brighter future – not for the self but for a larger community. Ultimate Desire for a human being as he proceeds for a better life prescribes him to get educated and be creative. A creative happiness-filled balanced-life brings meaning to spiritual development. Physical fitness, Emotional Balance, Intellectual Sharpness, Socially active too; to gain long term happiness.
Education and creativity are the blessings of Saraswathi and Brahma. For any KARMA(Action), ARTHA is a must. God of ACTION is VISHNU; thus, got the pair LAKSHMI, the god of ARTHA (WEALTH). MOKSHA is the stage of bliss, the samadhi level and what is needed for anyone at that stage is health, energy. Provided and supported by Sakti (Parvati) and Shiva. Thus, Purusharthas are the inherent values of the Universe working with the help of Trinity.
Assume I want to go for a site-seeing trip. That desire is KAMA for which I must get the ticket and make all the arrangements. That can be a sponsored trip from my relative/friend, my payment from my savings – whatever is the means is the ARTHA. Assume I am not able to arrange these resources and I am to take some wrong ways of making the money needed for the trip, that is ADHARMA. If my means is ADHARMA, even after having everything which can make me enjoy, the inner feeling will be of the guilt and I will not be enjoying it fully. If my ways are Dharmic, I will enjoy in full. That enjoyment is called MOKSHA.
Let LIFE be Live-In-Full-Enjoyment, where soon after doing anything, let the self not tell to yourself; ‘Oh, I should not have done it’ – or for not doing any action; let self not tell yourself; ‘Oh, I should have done it’. RIGHT ACTION (KARMA) at the RIGHT TIME is DHARMIC, that gives MOKSHA as prescribed by PURUSHARTHA
The blue print is drawn following the footsteps of Srimad Bhagvad Gita (BG) from Chapter 2, Verse 7 (BG – 2/7) where Arjuna’s Kama is on desire and was confused in his Dharma. Lord Krishna leading to Moksha (BG – 18/66-72) through Bhakti and Karma (Artha) through chapters 2nd to 18th for e.g. BG – 8/16, 9/28, 11/55.
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