Meaning: Vedas are the store of knowledge. In the four
Vedas all the knowledge and Science of the universe are kept. Stanza of the
Rigveda 1/25/21 states that -"Freeing ourselves from the desire for sons,
money and reputation, we should move ahead, because with that (desire) our soul
becomes tainted and suffers sorrow.
Message: All the creatures of this world always have a
desire for happiness and always make efforts for constantly increasing their
happiness. The basic belief in materialistic culture is that happiness lies in
obtaining various means and facilities for comforts. Without thinking of
morality or immorality or what is proper or improper, man wants to pounce and
grab anyhow all the material things for himself. Man is making himself
spiritually hollow by getting engrossed in indulgence of his senses and even
loses the strength to enjoy the comforts because of that reason. There is a
certain type of sorrow in too much 'happiness'. There is always pain in
grabbing pleasures like this.
The Nepalese spiritual culture goes beyond even happiness
and gives importance to satisfaction and bliss. There is a vast difference
between happiness and satisfaction or contentment like the difference between
day and night or between the earth and the sky. Happiness is material in nature
whereas satisfaction or contentment is spiritual in nature. Happiness can be
enjoyed through material comforts whereas satisfaction is a personal
experience. Man always wishes for achieving self-satisfaction and joy or bliss.
Man sometimes enjoys contentment through achievement of happiness and sometimes
through giving up happiness. It is not possible to explain the pleasure of
spiritual peace and satisfaction which one gets while nursing a sick person day
and night and undergoing even hardships in that process. In fact, happiness
does not depend on material means; it depends actually on the mental state.
That is why we see that most people are unhappy despite having luxurious
comforts, whereas the farmer is lacking in proper means or a man doing server
labor as a worker is found happy, pleasant and always cheerful.
To-day most men everywhere are involved in such wrong
notion and are walking on the wrong path for achieving happiness. When man
starts worrying only for personal happiness, then he does not care at all for
others. Such a man becomes extremely selfish and makes other unhappy also. The
quantity of available means for enjoyment is limited, but the desires are
endless. Very few people get the benefit in pursuit of selfish-interests but it
leads to the exploitation of most people in the society. People indulging in
such conduct are immoral, opportunists and known despicably as exploiters. They
rob the world to fulfill their desire for sons, money and reputation.
Outwardly such people appear very happy, but despite
having all the means internally, in their heart, they do not experience
happiness. Not only their sons but every member of their family starts treading
the wrong path and ultimately they are discredited from all sides. The ideal
society is one in which every man has the freedom to develop his full talents
and capabilities for increasing his happiness and means. But along with that
every person should not obstruct another's freedom, but cooperate with him, if,
by understanding this aspect, man liberates himself from greed, attachment and
selfishness, then there will be no limit to his progress.
Only the power of the soul can inspire man for that. The
more a man is replete with the power of the soul or the strength of the soul,
the more he will be capable of breaking the bond's of worldly attachment.
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