Hindu Article-Aim of human life

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Aim of human life

 

 

CHENNAI OCT.24 . The raison d'être of human birth is

liberation from bondage according to the scriptures

and they do not lose any opportunity to drive home the

urgency of realising this goal in worldly life. But,

in general there is all-round complacency about

spiritual life as there is a misconception that it is

to be pursued in the end of life when all worldly

responsibilities are over. One should stop to think

whether there is any guarantee about one's lifespan to

chalk out what one wants to do at every stage in life.

Certainly no. Besides, no one knows what kind of birth

is possible in the next life if this chance is

frittered away in materialistic pursuits. It is

imperative then that there is a dire need to make a

beginning immediately towards realising this objective

as soon as the significance of human birth is grasped.

 

 

Spiritual life is not divorced from worldly life and

hence it is a question of orienting one's life towards

the goal of liberation and adopting the right way of

performing action. Lord Krishna says categorically

that man cannot desist from action because the natural

tendency of a spiritual aspirant who undertakes

scriptural study is to shy away from action after

learning that knowledge liberates. In fact, scriptures

prescribe certain obligatory duties for man, which are

in the form of rituals that one must perform everyday.

By doing them one does not gain merit. But from the

spiritual standpoint there was a definite gain because

the mind developed the capacity to engage in action

without expectation of the result and thereby became

purified which was essential for gaining spiritual

knowledge, said Sri Goda Venketeswara Sastri in his

discourse.

 

When an action is performed with a motive it binds man

by creating fresh Karma. But when the same action is

done without expectation of result it liberates man

from bondage. This is the right way of engaging in

action taught in the Gita. But, one will certainly ask

whether it is possible to act like this. In worldly

life as it is the norm to be result oriented in every

endeavour the Gita teaching may appear an impractical

ideal to pursue. But, it is not so. It is only when

there is attachment to the result of one's action that

there will be anxiety about it and therefore one will

not be able to engage in it with total involvement. By

dedicating all actions to God the mind becomes free to

give full attention to whatever one is engaged in and

also develop the right frame of mind to accept

whatever be the outcome as God's grace.

 

 

copy right; the Hindu daily

 

 

 

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