The Mystery of Life

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Hari-Om

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Vajasravasa's son, Nachiketas goes voluntarily to Lord Yama, lord of

Death, but Yama was not ready to accept a visitor ahead of his time.

Thus Yama refuses to take Nichiketa's life and asks him to go bacak

until Death calls him. Nichiketa insists that he desires only one boon,

and that is he get instruction at Yama's hands about the nature of the

soul. Nachiketas was not prepared to give up his enquiry into the

mystery of Life even for all the wealth and plearsures of this world or

of the celestial world. Yama thus cornered,starts instructing him thus:

 

The first thing that a man should learn in the pursuit of truth is that

the good is something different from the pleasant.The good is one

thing, the pleasant is another. These two lead man to very different

ends. He who chooses Good attains happiness. He who prefers the

Pleasant ever loses his object. The wise are not deceived by the

attractions of the Pleasant. They choose the Good. Fools are snared

into the mere pleasant and perish.

 

===The Upaanishads ===

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Yama's instructions will continue..........

 

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In the devotional service of Bhagavan Shree Krishna !

Jai Shree Krishna !

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