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Monday, May 24, 2004

This time something on human existence. As I grew up, I was told, Almighty has laid down 4 four objects of human existence.
1. Dharma-Religion
2. Arth-Luxuries
3. Kama-Carnal Pleasures
4. Moksha-Salvation

Through our lives, we realise that for perfect happiness, these four has to be balanced. We actually, intentionally or otherwise, do strive for this. Let’s see;
Religion, in Swami Vivekananda’s words, ‘is a way of life.’ With certain set of rules, liberties, responsibilities and goals. Remember, its just the journey and not the destination. Journey is more important than the destination, said the Father of the Nation. ‘Means means more than the end itself.’
What we in our life in the Kaliyuga do is a updated version of religion. It’s not about doing any of the above. All of them are complimentary. As a smart, evolved human being we have found our ‘way of life’. We worship, pray, donate, do social work, regret our sins…& with each passing day we are finding newer ways around it. All the unethical things we do in our professional lives we try to set them off against a new found sutra called Practicality. Everything passes under this bridge. The trickle down effect of this is that we get untrue to ourselves, near ones and the ones we claim are of our belonging...to be continued

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