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Meaning: Vedas are known as the store of knowledge. There is all things of the universe. In this section of spiritual as stated in the Rig Veda 1/164/37 is that -"What a great mistake it is that man does not know his own self? He should obtain the knowledge about the 'jeevatma' (the soul within the body) with the help of the capability of language, literature etc".
Message: We are not going to get this human body again and again. We have obtained it only as an instrument through which we can achieve the ultimate objective of reaching God. But we are losing this good opportunity because of ignorance and wandering in worldly pleasure. Money, wealth, material means, wife, son, brothers, friends, relatives - ultimately none of these will be useful. Only our good deeds will be of use to us. We are forgetting that one day we have to go away by leaving this world. The body for whose indulgence and pampering, we take the help of truth-untruth, deceit, malice, intrigue, morality-immorality etc, and because of ignorance, we carry our sinful acts also _ the same body will one day be turned to ashes or dust. This body can die at any moment. Our whole knowledge of science, talents, education and learning is suffocating for earning a living and developing our capacity for the same. But we have forgotten the spirit or the soul, residing within the body, which is the ruler of the body. This soul is itself a part of God, but by not knowing it; we have been constantly suffering from sorrow by wandering for ever in darkness.
This human life of ours will be meaningful only when we obtain the real intelligence of walking on the truthful moral path after knowing the soul.
Ordinarily there are two types of intelligence. One is 'kubuddhi' (bad or corruption intelligence) which takes us on the path of sinful acts because of selfishness, attachment, greed etc. The other is 'subuddhi' (or good intelligence) which inspires us to work for our benefit and also saves us from evil deeds. Higher than this is Medha which gives us the capacity to differentiate between sat-karya (truthful act) and asatkarya (untruthful act). Pragya is at a higher level than Medha and constantly inspires us to do acts for public interest according to our discretion. Pragya-buddhi completely destroys tamogun and man goes on being liberated from selfishness. Beyond Pragya is Pratibha or 'atmic drushti' (i.e. insight of the soul). With this extraordinary power of intelligence man is able to know the deepest secrets of the world. The most excellent form of 'buddhi' or intelligence is called rutambhara buddhi. It contains only the sattogun. This rutambhara buddhi or saatvik buddhi develops the capacity of identifying the truth and putting into conduct 'sat dharma' (i.e. truthful moral conduct). With the light of that knowledge, everything can be understood with complete clarity in its true form and one is liberated from doubts and false or illusory beliefs.
To-day man is making use of various types of knowledge, science, languages etc in various fields. He is creating mountains of gadgets and other means for comfort and happiness. It has been possible to create a situation today whereby with merely a touch of a button the desired work can be done. Because of this great achievement, man is committing the foolishness of believing himself greater than God. But have we received this human body only for this? Is this the only use of this intelligence? Is this the only objective of life?
We should go on developing our intelligence and recognize the real objective of human life and March ahead towards its.

The Success of Human Life

Meaning: All the knowledge and wisdom teach us by our Vedas. Among them the technique of success life teaches us by the stanza of the Sam-Veda 1302 that -"The success of human -life lies only in removing the spirit's (soul's) and mind's faults and wicked tendencies and becoming cleansed and pure. Thousands of solutions have been described in the Vedas for freeing the soul from blemish and for freeing it from the shell of selfishness. Therefore, the Vedas are worth reading and worth pondering".
Message: This life as a human being has been achieved by us as a result of innumerable virtuous deeds. Man can get eternal joy only by using it for good deeds. There are innumerable types of moral injunctions in the Vedas and their essence is that man should always progress in life and should never have a downfall. It is the duty of every man to give up all types of vices and wicked tendencies. To achieve freedom from the demons of selfishness, greed, attachment, arrogance etcetera which grip the soul, strong will-power is required. The soul and mind can become cleansed and pure only by freedom from them.
The maximum emphasis has been laid on the strength of will-power in the Veda-mantras. Man can fulfill all his desires only by performing austerity, spiritual-endeavor, and hard labor and with mental firmness. Ambition gives an idea about a man's power or ability, but along with that the spirit of selflessness and sacrifice is necessary. Only after these types of wishes are fulfilled by austerities and spiritual-endeavor, can a man make his life successful by helping others. The measure of success of a man's life can be determined only on the basis of how far his will-power has developed. Even the greatest powers of Nature can be defeated by man's will-power. The impression of man's will-power can be seen in the development of culture, in all human activities and all material success.
Man's will-power is produced from his character which is produced as a result of his deeds. That will-power is of the type of his deeds. All of us know that it is very beneficial to lead a moral life. Even then we somehow commit a sin and then we have to bear its painful result. There is no way of getting rid of the results of one's deeds. The difficulties seen in our daily life are not only because of some basic vice or wickedness, but the hardship caused by them is troubling us because we are neglecting the good resolve to free ourselves from them. A man, who can conquer his wrong type of thinking, will without doubt become the master of tremendous will-power.
A misguided man can become strong only when he thoroughly understands that he is the soul and not the body. One who understands that God resides in his soul, then through that understanding it, tremendous energy is produce d within him. Through this power only, he develops the capacity to reject and throw out the mental faults and vices. Satvik thought (qualities of a sattogun or satvik qualities) and divine thinking is produced only after freeing oneself from vices and immoral activities. And with that, enthusiasm is produced within man for resisting vices and immoralities.
One must remember the Vedic admonitions which are summed up as, "Uproot the vices and throw them out, increases and nature good qualities".

Strongest Soul

Meaning: As maintained in the Atharvaved 5/3/1 - Men should never be swayed because of struggle. By worshipping God make your soul and body strong, so that no one in this world is able to harm them.
Message: In this world, big, difficult and strange situations constantly occur in a man's life. A man who carries our justly proper task, others undo it by their bad deeds and he has to suffer defeat upon defeat. He is unable to find a solution for this bad situation. All-round there is an empire of worry, fear, sorrow, disappointment, jealousy, desires and lust. For the fulfillment of their desires, people are falling like sheep into the deep well of downfall and are pulling others too. Then what should be donning? Should one give up the truthful path and choose the suicidal path of downfall?
Man has not been given this life merely for passing the days. He has been given this life for achieving excellence, greatness and doing some great deeds. Blessed are those who are striving for excellence and greatness. For this, one has to be alert and struggle constantly. The mind has to be made determined and one has to move forward towards one's goal, and follow ideal persons.
What is our ideal? A man greedy for the fulfillment of desires and wealth, when he cannot achieve these by proper means, he resorts to many immoral, wrong paths for fulfilling his selfish interests. Should we make such people as our ideals? No, never. The real ideal is our Father, God himself. His order is that we should always fulfill our duties and responsibilities. Without getting swayed by whatever difficulties on the path of truth, we should be involved in our work with cheer. They really worship God, who are not afraid of the difficulties on the truthful path and strive hard to remove them.
Life is struggle itself. The meaningfulness of life lies in constantly struggling against the wicked activities going on everywhere in the world. Struggle rouses simplicity, moral goodness and self-respect in man. Love for spirituality, god emotions, and faith in God get strengthened. Ideals become the focus of man's life and he tries to conduct himself according to the ideals. Hardships, big and small, come in a man's life. But those who do not get afraid are not swayed, patiently fight them, shine with brightness like gold refined in fire and succeed in life. These difficulties manifest in our lives to test our patience, courage and valor and we are blessed with God's grace only by defeating them.
To make the soul and body powerful and strong by restraint and to plunge into life's struggle is the distinctiveness of an ideal Brahman.

Spiritual Power

Meaning: Man has to struggle continuously to achieve the objective of life. Tremendous will-power is required for facing the widespread bad customs, wicked activities and corruption and to adopt good activities and honesty in life. Information on mantras which help to achieve this aim is given in the Rig-Veda 1/164/4 -"To achieve the spiritual knowledge of the self is the main goal of man's life. What is the main reason for the manifestation of matter? Man must obtain the knowledge of the body, the strangeness of the blood, muscles, bones, etcetera within it and their being different from the soul (or the spirit)".
Message: The human body is the most excellent gift from the God. After wandering in countless species we have obtained this human from due to virtuous deeds in earlier births. The arrangement of the body of any animal in this world is not as excellent as man's. Only man has been given a body perfect with all qualities. Every part and organ of man is unique in its capability.
Most men believe this human body as their total existence and do not think it necessary to look beyond that. Every moment they are busy in decorating this body only. Such men are busy in nurturing their desires only and totally forget the extremely valuable soul residing within the body. They forget that this body is perishable while the spirit or the soul is immortal. In fact God has graced us with his blessing by giving this body for some time only. This body is an instrument only; it is the place for the residence of the soul. With this body as a medium, the soul can progress on the road of salvation and achieve salvation.
What is the objective of human life? Most people think that achievement of 'swarg' (heaven) is the one and only objective. But where is this heaven? Heaven is created by the condition of our mind only. We ourselves only produce the situation of heaven or hell by our conduct. Hence it is very necessary that we must determine very clearly the objective of life. The only single objective of our life is to realize our real authority (the soul) by very firmly expressing the unexpressed divinity residing within us. God is hidden within us and thoroughly interwoven (or united) within us and that God is the 'antaratma' (the conscience) of all. HE only gives us the fruits of our deeds (i.e. 'Karmaphal' as reward or punishment) and resides within all of us. Every man is a form of a 'devata' (deity) only; he has strayed away from the excellent path only because of his ignorance. In reality man is like a wandering deity. After knowing this great truth, our most important duty is only to implement divinity into our conduct.
It is not possible to obtain this type of spiritual knowledge until we make pure our mind, speech and deeds. Our mind never remains empty. Either it wants to enjoy the lust for evil deeds or else it intensely aspires to spread the fragrance of good deeds. Such thoughts arising in the mid are expressed by speech and the deeds are only carried our accordingly. After self-realization, only pious thoughts arise in his mind. Only by discarding the ego and with the feeling of 'aatmavat sarvabhooteshu' by accepting the fact that God resides in every creature, can man be saved from sinful deeds and increase divine qualities within himself.
The meaningfulness of human life lies in that only.

Saving from Laziness

Meaning: As stated on the Rigved 8/48/14 - "To be saved from laziness and useless talk, one should always be busy. Let us keep away from bad tendencies, give birth to excellent children and let our knowledge be discussed everywhere.
Message: Every man wants to spend his life on the basis of "less work and more talk". This makes the man lazy and leads to false self-praise. This is a manifestation of tamogun and rajogun. (In short tamogun refers to faults, all under one term "mental darkness" and rajogun refers in short to materialistic tendencies). This bad tendency becomes a part of his nature. A lazy man leads an unnatural life and harms himself. With ignorance and laziness he wanders in darkness and makes vain boasts and blames others for this failure. A knowledgeable person understands his moves, and nothing is hidden from God's observation. Again and again he alerts such persons, warns them, but their eyes and ears remain closed because of 'tamasik' and 'rajasik' activities (activities of tamogun and rajogun). They do not care to see anything or hear anything. They are full of ignorance and laziness and immersed in self-praise.
We should restrain ourselves properly by control on our diet, sleep and rest and should not allow them to hold sway over us. That way we shall become excellent, and be able to make creative around us an atmosphere of, pleasantness, cleanliness, simplicity and goodwill or gentlemanliness. If we are able to control our time wisely, then after finishing our tasks, we shall have more extra time which we can use for eradicating the bad customs in the society.
We should educate our children, dependents and co-workers about keeping away from laziness. By our conduct, we should set before them an example of a hard-working and restrained person. We should go on sowing the seeds of good qualities in their minds right from childhood. This is not a one-day job but a continuous process. A child's mind is very easily trapped in temptations and bad tendencies. We should pay attention with full alertness that bad tendencies do not enter into them. Like a careful farmer we should constantly clean the field by carrying out the weeding. Bad tendencies must be crushed in the beginning only, so that they do not increase. Children should always be employed in creative works by inspiring them to good deeds, so that they become successful citizens. The parents must sacrifice their children cultured and strong in character. One has to present an ideal through personal conduct by removing faults and bad tendencies. This is the message of Vedas.
Always save yourselves from laziness sand meaningless talk. This is the real duty, real religion of a Brahman.

Responsibility of the Brahmans

Meaning: The line of the Athervaved 3/19/3 express that - I, a Brahman, after achieving with my own efforts perfection in knowledge and with control over my mind will strive for the progress of my host. I will see to it that he does not turn towards wrong deeds and does not do away with others' interests.
Message: The responsibility is on the Brahman to keep and maintain a progressive society, to keep it full of bright and spiritually strong people and thus create a happy and prosperous atmosphere. One who knows and understands this, he is truly learned and dedicated to the society. Such people never show lethargy for regular study and religious discourses, are constantly engaged in austerities and spiritual-endeavor for the progress of the society and donate their knowledge to the society. To understand what is proper, after understanding it to search a path to achieve it, to go on that path with an attitude of austerity and spiritual-endeavor that is the proper path for making a true human being out of an ordinary man.
It is the duty of Brahmans that to follow this path, they adopt control of mind (or restraint of mind) and restraint of senses. Mental balance is extremely essential. People's activities increasingly tend towards immoral and wicked deeds and those trapped in these activities are not able to give them up easily. To explain to them and take them on the right path is an extremely difficult and laborious task. One will have to face the resistance of the ignorant and sometimes even beatings from them. In such situations, with patience, without anger or hurry, the learned ones should be constantly engaged in the propaganda and spread of good activities to promote morality.
They should constantly make efforts to make their knowledge more profound by meeting spiritually knowledgeable people and study. Just as a chameleon changes colors on seeing another chameleon, similarly there is an increase in 'sadgyan' (knowledge of morality, goodness, spirituality, simplicity etc) 'sadgun' (good qualities) and 'satpravruttu' (good beneficent activities). The learned persons are constantly absorbed in the endeavor for knowledge and become well-informed about the distortions of the human-society, the principles for creating a balanced-life, self knowledge (or self-realization) and spiritual knowledge. They understand very well the difference between proper learning and ignorance. Accumulating knowledge and giving its benefit to the society is called a realistic aim of life of a learned person. The learned ones must pay attention to regular study as well as giving lectures. That way, while increasing their own knowledge, they inspire those coming in their contact to walk on the path of truth.
These days most people make a false show of Brahmantva (i.e. being knowledgeable and religious) and everywhere they are seen encasing the 'religion' feelings of people. No one really benefits by that and on the contrary immoral atmosphere spreads more and more.
Actually, the Brahmans must give the knowledge of true spirituality to the people. Real spirituality lies in introspection to understand oneself, to know oneself, to think about personal mistakes and to try to achieve moral conduct. This is the characteristic of a real spiritually-inclined person.
Perversities are arising in the society because the Brahmans have forgotten their pious duties.

Reason of Unhappiness

Meaning: The mantra of Rig Veda 7/89/4 alert us that - "The main cause of unhappiness or sorrow is ignorance. Therefore man must obtain self knowledge or spiritual knowledge by raising his level. With that only, all the desires become subdued".
Message: Today despite an abundance of food grains and every type of material prosperity, man is even unhappy than in the past. The main reason for this is that he has forgotten the real system of living or leading his life. People are ignorant about the goal of life. Most are running helter-skelter like mad people in the competition for earning money. But they are completely unaware about why they are doing all this. They do not remember at all the main objective of life and are trapped in the materialistic principle of 'eat, drink, and be merry'. Materialism by itself is the root cause of man's troubles.
God has made an arrangement of all types of means for the achievement of prosperity, comfort and happiness, but even then man is always upset about fulfilling his desires ad is not able to enjoy true happiness. Man's soul is a treasury of invaluable knowledge, but because of his ignorance, he does not know it and therefore spends a wretched and sorry life like a beggar,. Although he is living in an unfathomable sea of nectar, he is suffering extremely from thirst. His condition is like 'a fish remaining thirsty in water'. Only when self-realization is achieved that "I am the soul and not the body', the path of leading a life free from adverse situations and full of joy and enthusiasm is available.
Tremendous power of discretion and firm resolution are required for knowing the spirit or the soul. Immortality is nothing but knowing the soul or the self. One will have to love the soul for obtaining eternal peace. No one loves anyone more than his own soul. We love anything only as long as it is suitable for our soul. Once it becomes unsuitable for our soul then immediately we become ready to discard it.
Man prospers with the development of 'atmabal' (strength of the soul). To have the strength of the soul is our victory and lack of the strength of the soul is our defeat. All the lowliness and wretchedness of man disappears when he joins his soul with God and experiences himself as 'sarvashaktiman' (full of all powers). After that he never has to be defeated in any work. Atmabal (strength of the soul) is the best means for achieving victory over death. By taking its shelter man becomes successful and bright and there is an unbelievable increase in his bodily and mental powers.
As long as man is unable to understand this fact, till then he is not able to join the supreme pure authority of God. He does not, at any time, experience the divine authority of God and neither does he get any cooperation. Since there is no rein, or control over such a man's deeds, he is trapped in the net of greed, attachment, selfishness etcetera and becomes unstable by inviting his own destruction. This ignorance only is the birthplace of all his troubles which produce obstacles in his progress.
We should discard this ignorance and keep on trying to develop the strength of the soul or our will power.

Pure in Every Way

Meaning: According to the Athervaved 6/19/2 - Our ancient rishis has prayed with God that "O God, may devotion and desire for work develop in me. May I be granted health and life, Please makes me pure in every way".
Message: Man must remain pure from outside as well as inside because cheerfulness lies in purity. In a pure atmosphere, the mind's cheerfulness, coolness, peace, freedom from worry, stability and truth does not remain hidden. Beauty lies in liveliness, alertness, good taste, simplicity, cleanliness and orderliness. That is called purity.
Purity is a spiritual quality. By nature, the soul is pure and beautiful; therefore a spiritual man's thoughts, conduct and things are always clean and beautiful.
Man should always pay attention to outer and inner cleanliness. Man becomes excellent, courteous, gentleman and cultured with inner purity. Mental purity inspires a man towards an austere, restrained and regulated life, by which he becomes blessed with good health and long life. His senses become powerful and profound. The senses are administered by the mind. Mind influences the body by right or wrong wishes.
Along with bodily and mental purity, spiritual purity is also necessary, because without it, the main goal of life, i.e. spiritual salvation cannot be achieved. With spiritual purity, noble emotions like love, devotion, pity, generosity and helpfulness are aroused, and divinity develops. Usually the attitudes and emotions of tamogun and rajogun prevail in men.
Spiritual-endeavor develops satogun or satvagun in man. The development and increase of satogun in man makes him lively and 'pranvaan' (i.e. powerful with the force of life-breath or energetic or capable of endurance) ojasvi (i.e. luminous with alertness in senses) tejesvi (i.e. bright with intelligence) and varchasvi (i.e. with power to influence others because of increased spirituality and strength of character). Satogun makes a man praiseworthy because of satsang (company of God through saints, learned religious persons, attending religious discourses), regular study (of religious-books and self), service, restraint and sadhana (i.e. spiritual-discipline or spiritual-endeavor).
The scriptures have specifically stated that by birth we are all shudra (or low-caste) and nobody is born a Brahman-caste. For becoming a Brahman, spiritual strength, the strength of austerity, moral strength and religious (i.e. moral) conduct are required. A man who does not have these qualities is lower than a Shudra-cante person even though he may be born in a Brahman-caste family. Becoming a Brahman is possible only when man's mind is transformed and his general character changes. By mere outer show of religious symbols, nothing happens. Hypocrisy and façade are our greatest enemies. One does not achieve success by a difference in thinking and action. Devotion and an attitude of 'work is worship' develop in those whose thinking and action show unity. Such people achieve success in every task and inspire people in their contact to go on the path of morality and good deeds. With their talent and capability they are able to sow the seeds of 'satvikta' i.e. qualities of 'satogun' by removing from the people's minds tamasik and rajasik activities (i.e. those related to tamogun and rajogun) and make their lives clean and pure.
Achievement of life's aim is possible through bodily, mental and spiritual purity.

Progress in this World

Meaning: According to the Athervaveda 12/1/1 - "Those persons progress in this world who love God and learned people. Who are moral in their deeds, knowledgeable and in control of their senses? This has happened so far and will also happen in future.
Message: Who progresses? People consider that earning a lot of money, collecting a lot of wealth, having a bungalow, motor, car and other means of comfort is progress. There is a cut-throat race for earning money immorally.
Progress is possible when man and the nation are successful together. It is necessary that men perform austerities for the progress of the nation to make it powerful and glorious. Austerity is the name for the ability to march forward while patiently bearing with the diffuculties f or achieving an excellent objective. There is the episode of a "yaksha" (a type of diety) asking prince. Yudhishthir the characteristics of tapa and he had replied " tapaha swakarmavartitvum" i.e. to carry our one's duty with dedication is tapa and this is possible only with "jitendriyata" (control over the senses). Progress or uplift cannot even be thought of in the absence of control over the senses (or the abnegation of the gratification of the senses). In search of peace and happiness man will be, as if wandering in a mirage until the sentiment for national uplift is strengthened by conquering the feeling of 'me and mine' (which leads to nepotism), attachment, greed, selfishness and which creates an atmosphere of grab and loot through corruption everywhere.
For uplift or progress it is very necessary to know the great truth and be initiated into it. It is an indelible truth that the entire universe has been created by God. He is present in each and every particle of that universe and is providing it with dynamism since millions of years. We too are a part of God, who keeps an account of our deeds with total integrity and impartiality and His just authority decides our "karmaphal" (i.e. the punishment as well as rewards). This knowledge inspires us to practice restraint and thereby excellence entire our conduct.
The benefit of abnegation of senses (i.e. negation of gratification of desires) and moral truthful conduct is that man gives up his own petty selfishness and thus patriotism is roused in the countrymen. All citizens start cooperating for the removal of others' hardships by considering them as their own and become powerful allies for each other's progress. The feeling of friendliness becomes stronger and stirs up the life-force of the nation. The citizens become clever, bright and successful. Even the powerful nations of the world bow down in homage to such progress.
What is the importance of the seed? It has no value when it is in a sack with other seeds in a corner of the house. When it is sowed in a field, then in a few years it grows into a vast tree. For such a transformation, it has first to dissolve itself underground and has to get the cooperation of water and manure. The combination of self-denial and friendly cooperation of the society acts as a golden step for progress. If someone thinks that he can do everything by himself, then it is his deluded thinking. Man can go ahead on the road of progress only by the cooperation of others along with personal austerity and the hardship of spiritual-endeavor.
This actually is God's instruction to his dear sons. For that purpose he has created the body with all the qualities and He has decorated him with His powers. HE is always available for them, but the condition is that man should be engaged in diligence with selflessness. The main goal of a life is to place one's total capacity and talents for public welfare work with full faith in God's Authority.

Lazy People Always Get Sorrow

Meaning: According to the Rigved 8/2/18 and Atharvaved 20/18/3 "Lazy People Al ways Get Sorrow", therefore all of us must be dedicated to work and be industrious.
Message: Laziness is the real enemy of man, because it leads us on to the path of sin. Under the influence of lethargy and laziness we get trapped in many sinful acts. Sometimes man gives up extremely beneficial plans after starting work only because of laziness, becomes disappointed because others have defeated him and remains deprived of personal benefits. God also does not love lazy and lethargic persons. His love is for lively, industrious and diligent people.
The entire world is based on sacrifice. Here everyone has to offer, at all times sacrifice in the form of his labor. This is the essential meaning of dedication to one's duty. That work is called auspicious which helps in uplifting, bettering and purifying the world. God cautions, makes a person stumble and even punishes those who are lazy about labor and lazy about being industrious. We should always be alert and involved in diligent labor. No work should be neglected or despised by considering it small. Most people are trapped in this foolishness. It inflates their ego and thereby destroys their capability. A Karmayogi is that person who is continuously busy in auspicious work without any selfish or personal motive. Most of us have great desire "to do something" but we do nothing. A man cannot be dedicated without proper control over his senses, times and wealth. Thus he strays from the main path and becomes unsuccessful and unhappy. Those who keep their senses under control, put their time to good use, do not waste their money are always prosperous. Real spiritual endeavor (or spiritual discipline) is to be dedicated to work by discarding laziness. Then only one can get the love of God.
There are several standards of measure for the upliftment of man as well as nation. These essential qualities are called "daivy sampada" (divine wealth) in the holy Bhagwat Gita. These are life's values, which have the capacity of making human life worthwhile.

All the great men of this world have with unlimited diligence and dedication given every moment of their lives for the uplift of the society. Ramakrishna Paramhans, Maharshi Dayananda, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Ramtirth, Lokmanya Tilak, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Hedgewar - in the lives of all these people we find a glimpse of their excellent industriousness. Had anyone of them wasted even a moment of their lives in laziness? for them the basic axiom of "aaram haraam ho" (rest is unwarranted) is their be-all in life. By making such people as our ideals, we can achieve success in this world.
Our duty is to throw our laziness and also liberate others from this demon.

Knowledgeable Teachers

Meaning: as stated in the Athervaved 8/1/6 - Those who believe in God's wish and the preaching's of the Gurujan (knowledgeable teachers) and continue to proceed in difficulties, they receive honor in the society. They are praised everywhere.
Message: The soul has been given this human body by God's wish. God has decided our main task, that is, while solving the difficulties in the path of life, one should always work for the progress of the self and the society.
We should never be disappointed, because God is ever ready to cooperate in our progress. We have to make tremendous effort. God never wishes our downfall. We ourselves get trapped in bad, wicked activities and prepare the road for downfall. God wants to make our life so full of life force and powerful that the whole world will bow down before its brightness. We should properly realize the real power of our soul and body.
Most men do not really recognize their 'atmashakti' (soul's strength or spiritual strength) and thinking that their body is everything; surrender themselves to its service. This produces many types bodily and mental perversities and their hearts are filled with the offensive smell of the mire of their perversities. They forget that this body is merely the vehicle for the atma (or the soul). One who allows the body to rule his sour, his spiritual-light does not spread outside, and it hinders his progress. One whose soul or atma firmly pulls up the rein to restrain the body, he progressively climbs the steps of spiritual progress and reaches the peak.
The life-force of such a man increases daily and becomes fully developed as he grows old. Man becomes helpful in making the society properly cultured by contributing from the vast treasure of his knowledge and experience and also develops his own capacity for struggling against difficulties. Difficulties will always come in life's passage. it is not that we will get everything in life as desired. Only the capability of successfully coming out of a difficult situation takes our character to a higher level. With that a person receives honor and praise everywhere. The soul's strength and the strength of prana (the life-force) is tested by struggle. Through God's desire these difficulties arise in our path and by arousing us from our slumber, they inspire us towards spiritual uplift. The Supreme Father is very benevolent and his grace is constantly showered upon his beloved sons. The difficulties in life are His blessings in disguise. They create an opportunity for repenting for sins that man has committed in his previous births. Like gold's refinancing in a furnace makes it pure and bright, similarly the soul is made to shine while it boldly faces the difficulties.
One who does not become disappointed and frustrated in difficult situations and encourages others, he only is a true Brahman.

Improvement of the Society

Meaning: According to the Rigveda 10/191/04 - Our hearts, minds and resolve always be one so that our collective organization will never be spoiled.
Message: Collective organization, cooperation and the spirit of friendship are essential for a healthy society. There are several types of persons in the society. There may be the various persons like -foolish, learned, ill, healthy, theists-atheists, hedonists and ascetics i.e. men of opposing natures all-round. Every man's view point, thinking, experience, education, knowledge, self-interest, liking and qualities are different. Therefore all people do not think alike, and hence it becomes essential that everyman is sympathetic and tolerant towards others. It is not proper to think as foolish, ignorant, wicked and as our opponent, any person who thinks differently from us. Tolerance is the life-blood of an organization. On its basis of the hearts, minds and resolve of all in the society move in a single direction only, leading to progress in all fields.
Lack of tolerance gives birth to cheating, treachery, anger, revenge etc leading to anarchic atmosphere. On all sides the terror of bullying goodish, cunningness and conspiracy spreads and people's living becomes insecure and disturbed.
A very beautiful ideal of union and collective organization is seen in the life of the deity Shivshankar. He had the capability of keeping the blink, lame, lepers and diseased - all with him. He had kept under his control people who were having the bad tendency of harming others like snakes biting with their fangs. Symbolically he had live poisonous snakes round his neck as garlands. Thus he effectively put into effect his resolve to bring together various people of diverse tendencies into a cohesive group for usefulness to the society. He remained an ascetic without cloths, applied only ashes over his body - both as covering and as a sign of asceticism - kept his requirements minimum, drank poison to save the then society and established cooperation and tolerance in the society.
For an all-round progress of th society and the family it is essential that people give importance to others' opinions, accept whatever is good in them and also oppose whatever is wrong or immoral. A union's strength lies in tolerance and respect.
We observe how the thieves, dacoits, and bad men keep their organization very strong, do not keep any distinctions and carry out the orders even at the risk of their lives, because they are afraid of their leader. If they oppose and do not cooperate, their chief kills them. We have completely forgotten our leader, our chief, the All Powerful God. HE can punish, and punishes also. Many bad tendencies and influences develop and multiply in this world, because people ignore this crucial fact.
This stage has come about because of a decline in Brahmanism in our learned and knowledgeable peoplt.

Healthy Society

Meaning: According to the Rigved 10/01/1 - the society in which more persons are like-minded, think alike and have the same resolve, that society is progressive. The people there are bright.
Message: Man is a social animal. He cannot remain alone and do anything. All his activities are influenced by each-others' actions. Many people have to cooperative for the successful administration of work.
Every man is independent by mind, speech, deeds and nature. He is capable of thinking and doing whatever he wishes to think about and do. But success is not achieved till people come together, think and act for the fulfillment of a resolve. Man is an indivisible part of the society. So long as he thinks of only his selfish interest, he will neither be able to achieve personal nor societal welfare. On the contrary, there will be an atmosphere of anarchy. But when he understands that his interest lies in the interest of the society, he will be start restraining his wishes, aspirations and desires, and then there will be an atmosphere of peace and happiness in society. Every man will march ahead on the path of progress, be bright, luminous and spiritually strong.
The most important point is that man and woman should be given the same status. A woman should not be considered as a doormat or an animal or a lower-caste person. She constitutes 50% of th society. With the neglect of 50% of the society, perversity creeps into the society and a kind of suffocation situation is seen in many families. If husband and wife with like mind and like-thinking resolve to fulfill their responsibility at an equal level, then peace and happiness will rain and reign everywhere. For the progress of the society and the country, the citizens should be worthy ones, and this is possible only when the father and mother diligently work at carrying out this responsibility. Only then the slogan "man and women are equal" will be meaningful. With this type of cooperative effort, progress can be made in the vast field of life. This thinking is necessary in all spheres, whether it be agriculture, industry or an office.
Knowledge, science, austerities, spiritual endeavor - howsoever high their levels, if the motive behind them is not for the progress of society, then it should be understood that they will not only be unsuccessful, but will also is harmful. Ravan did not care for the progress of the society and organized his mind, thought and resolve for achieving his selfish goal. As a result he himself his family, the power of his wealth, intelligence and army - all were destroyed. The same happened with Bhasmasur and Duryodhana.
It is the lofty duty of the Brahmans that they destroy the immoral thinking which has spread in the society and take the people's mind, thinking and resolve on the path of moral goodness. This is the aim of 'Vicharkranti Abhiyan' the campaign for a turnaround in thinking to moral thinking.
This is a real Brahmanism

Free from Materials

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.

Diligent People Have No desire Of Money

Meaning: According to the Rigved 6/19/5 - "The ocean has no desires, even then innumerable rivers merge into it. Similarly wealth is always in th eservice of industrious men, i.e. those who work and are diligent, never feel the want of money".
Message: "Seva paramo dharmaha" - To serve others is the most pious and pure act in this world. One principal part of religion is a feeling of togetherness. Because of man's nature of working together and helping one another in innumerable fields such as education, health, culture, science, trade and architecture etc man has reached the zenith of progress. It is our duty to use our talents in the uplift of society, to help the wretched, sorrowful, ill and helpless person, and to donate to social institutions engaged in good activities and working for good purposes.
It is a misconception in people's minds that by giving in donation, they suffer financially. The actual truth is that the money used for other's welfare is returned to us many more times. The religious books enjoin us to "earn with a hundred hands and distribute with a thousand hands". Those helping others do not remain wretched and unhappy. It is an act of sowing seeds in God's farm. Each grain produces thousands of grains. Man should never be lethargic in work and diligence. Earn to the maximum extent with hard work and honesty and after fulfilling your meager needs as befits a Brahman, use the remaining in helping others.
The ocean has immensurable quantity of water, but does not utilize it for own use. With sun's cooperation he gives away water as vapor which in turn comes down as rain to quench the thirst of the world. The ocean has no self-interest, no wish, nor any desire. Still does its water ever decrease? No, innumerable rivers always go on filling it with their waters. For a man connected with diligence and helping others in this way, there is never any dearth of money. When the desire for helping others is aroused in one's mind, then one's life is uplifted, wretchedness gets destroyed; new capacity is stirred up in the body, the capability to bear hardships increases and in every way, the path to progress manifests before the self. When one's talent and capacity is utilized for welfare-work, then God's help and blessings are automatically received. Not only that, cooperation from others too is easily available. The difficulties in the path of self-progress automatically start disappearing and achievement of life's goal becomes easy.
The learned ones and the Brahmans must try to tread this royal road to success.

Diligent and Knowledgeable

Meaning: "As explained in the Yajuraved 3/47 that - Give up laziness and be diligent. Give up foolishness and obtain the knowledge of the Vedas. Speak sweetly and help each other. This way the happiness of this world and the other world will be achieved."
Message: There is a never ending treasure of knowledge and wisdom in the Vedas. Our welfare is achieved by 'Vedgyan'. From Vedas we get the knowledge of the very secret philosophies or elements of this world and are also able to see the path of putting to good use that knowledge. It is man's duty to be freed from ignorance and bad tendencies, to uplift those who have strayed from the straight path and spread the knowledge of goodness and morality. Generally it so happens, that man is engaged in the foolish pursuit of fulfilling his selfish interest and desires. He does not pay attention to what is proper and improper and stops to the lowest levels.
We should always wish to follow the path on which moral people with good qualities proceeded, as embodied in the advice, "Aum devanamapi panthamaganma". We should all deal with each other helpfulness and love. This is divine-like conduct. We should conduct in this way among ourselves. All should achieve this path of uplift through Vedgyan (the knowledge of philosophy of the Vedas). By speaking pleasantly among ourselves, conflict decreases and love increases. One who has understood the importance of speech which is sweet as honey and beneficial as ghee (butter-oil), always succeeds. We should never advise anyone to go on the wrong path, and should work keeping in view the interest of all.
Life is perishable, but that does not mean that we while away time in laziness and worthless talk. Man should take inspiration from the constantly flowing time itself, that he should utilize it properly, consider it invaluable and not to waste it at all. In giving the wealth of time, God has not shown any partiality. He has given this wealth equally to all - poor, wealthy, foolish, and knowledgeable, women, men, children and the aged. Available time can neither be decrease nor increased. But it is a fact that in laziness and foolishness we waste this time and also true that by making good use of the same time, we are able to do so much work in a single lifetime, which may not be possible by hundreds of men.
Inactivity is a characteristic of dullness, a characteristic of death; therefore lazy, foolish and wretched people are inactive and like the living -dead. Knowledgeable people are quiet and balanced and put to good use, every moment of life.
A lazy and cowardly person cannot get joy anywhere. Only a knowledgeable and diligent man gets credit. He gets spiritual bliss, and gets every type of happiness and satisfaction in life.

Destroy of Wicked People

Yajurved 20/25 has given us the instruction that - While it is necessary to keep alive good deeds, it is also essential to destroy wicked people. Only by a combination of knowledge and action, a wholesome spiritual life is possible. That society where the knowledge of the Brahmans and the brightness of the Kshatriya (the warrior-caste) will be together, that society will always thrive.
Message: In the holy Gita, God has himself said that from time to time he manifests on this earth as an incarnation, for what reason? "paritranaya sadhu nam, vinashayacha dushkrutam", is his goal, i.e. to protect the saints and those who work for the good of the society and to destroy the wicked, the corrupt and the sinful ones. If the matter cannot be solved by persuasion, peaceful approach, or money or punishment or by causing a rift among them, then their destruction becomes a religious duty. 'Nishicharaheen karahun mahi' i.e. let me free this earth from wicked and demoniac persons. That is the basic mantra or axiom to make the world happy. Only such action was able to establish Ramrajya.
It is not necessary that God should manifest on this earth as a person playing the flute (Lord Krishna) or with bows and arrows always, at every place. HE exists in every pore, every cell of our representatives, the princes whom He loves and we continuously receive His grace and innumerable blessings. We ourselves only should utilize our talents and capacity for good deeds and for destroying evils. This is the real 'manavdharma' (duty as a human being). The usefulness of human body lies in the endeavor of acquiring knowledge and putting it into action, otherwise there is no difference between uss and animals.
The difference between man and animal is only that the animal is not bound by any restraint but man is bound by thousands of restraints, rules and responsibilities. It is his duty to fulfill the responsibilities and the tasks allotted to him. Our duty towards our mind is to make it sadguni (i.e. filled with moral qualities). Our duty towards our country, our religion, society and culture is that we pay utmost attention for their uplift. It is our duty to uplift our soul (for deliverance ) by freeing ourselves from greed, attachment etc and it is our duty to fulfill the task for which God has given us birth in the human species. It is our pious duty to go on increasing our knowledge and talents and be at our best conduct according to such knowledge and talents. This is real endeavor of 'gyanayog and karmayog'. This is the true devotion to God. it confers glory of humanity on the man.
We are forgetting today the injunction that all the four castes should work together for the uplift of the society. With the rule of this knowledge the society becomes bright, powerful and achieves progress and flourishes.

Constantly Striving for Progress

Meaning: According to the Athervaved 8/1/4 -"O men! You should not be satisfied with your present situation. You have to move forward and have to exert with body and soul's strength.
Message: Is there any limit to progress? Has anyone been able to know all the knowledge and science or wisdom in this world? Has anyone been able to find the deep secrets or mysteries of the Vedas? Even today man is busy in trying to find out the secrets of the world.
This is the basis of progress and uplift. Arise, start walking, fall down, and get up again progress. Do this again and again. Work constantly. Lose not your heart. Gradually you will reach the top. Be not afraid of failure. One can only know from it that the attempt for success was not done with full determination. Involve yourself with double enthusiasm.
Is this all possible merely by saying it? Will it be possible with physical and spiritual strength? No. For this the body will have to be made so strong by austerity, restraint and celibacy that it will be able to face all the material difficulties. Gandhiji had made his body so strong that even the cold weather of England was not able to influence his open body. Only such control over the body facilitates the endeavor of restraint. This is the first step towards the control of the senses. It increases spiritual power or the strength of the spiritual which is the soul, and because of it the mind does not wander here and there. With it, one develops other strengths. Spiritual power is very necessary for becoming great. With the power of money and intelligence, material progress is possible and comforts available, but spiritual power gives much more. One whose spiritual power is strong, he imbibes ideals and principles in his personal life and progress continuously.
Our life's ideal should be the Sun-god or the Sun. Every moment, he goes ahead towards his goal. He is eager to give his entire life as a gift to the world. He is involved with full spiritual power to give light, heat and energy to the world and also to help in drying up the dirt and garbage for destruction. Constantly endeavoring, he never thinks of halting even for a moment. He has no self-interest. This is the secret of success in life.
Our Rishis (sages) and munis (monks) have given the assurance to the whole world that if a man strives, he can rise to the level of a deity. They have also given the direction. But how to carry out this process? What is its fundamental basis? We should never lag in putting into our conduct the qualities of divinity. With those qualities in our conduct we succeed in rising to the level of a deity.
Life means constantly striving for progress like the Sun. That is the duty of a Brahman

Cautious About Laziness

Meaning: The Rigved 5/44/14 says that those who are alert and always cautious about laziness and lethargy acquire knowledge and wisdom. They get peace. They are known as great men.
Message: The fundamental axiom of Swami Vivekananda is "Utttishtha ta, jagrita prapya barannobodhata" which menas "arise, awoke and do not stop till you achieve your objective". There is a religious song "Uth jag musafir bhor bhai, jo jaagat hai so paavat hai". The suggestion here is that if you will arise and awake, then only you will achieve something, otherwise this human life will go waste. First arise then awake, this seems to be a wrong order. Man first wakes up, then gets up from the bed. But are we really awake? Our eyes a re still closed with laziness, lethargy, ignorance and tamogun. Then how can we say that we are awake? The ever awake is only GOD. We should remain always awake like shall never surrender to laziness in fulfilling our duties. With the attitude of 'kaal kare so aaj kar, aaj kare so ab' (i.e. wha t you want to do tomorrow, do it today and what you want to do today, do it right now), we shall be always dedicated to our work, be industrious and shall not be lethargic. By constantly practicing in this manner we shall go on succeeding in imbibing God's virtues within us.
This world is for wakeful people. They are capable of shaking off laziness and obtain true knowledge by diligence. Knowledge and science create many things for people, and wise men achieve happiness, credit and prosperity. Lazy people run after comforts. They wish and desire, but achieve nothing. They are in the dark slumber of tamogun and cannot get the nectar of 'saatvikta' (simplicity, morality, goodness, enthusiasm, piety, compassion etc.) No enemy is as fatal and as near as laziness. Permanent progress is not possible unlies the person casts away laziness and lethargy and adopts the virtue of industriousness. To obtain the grace of G od, we should offer at His feet our efforts, courage, patience, intelligence, energy and valor. God helps only those people, who personally make efforts. The Vedas also support this truth with the axiom, "Na rutay shrantasya sakhyaya devaha".
The situation has extremely deteriorated today. Small children and students spend their time in useless activities, read with interest obscene and meaningless literature and spoil their thinking. Not only that, the disease of shirking work and laziness is also spreading very badly among doctors, teachers, traders, farmers, workers, and executives.
The main task of the Brahmans is to drive away the demon of laziness from the society.

Brightness Comes from Supreme

Meaning: According to the Yajur-Veda ancient Rishis had prayed with the supreme that - O Supreme! You are the form of brightness, give us brightness. You are full of valor, make us valorous. You are full of strength, give us strength. You are luminous, give us luminosity. You are a destroyer of wicked persons, give us that power also. A long with that you are also tolerant, make us too similarly tolerant.
Message: Who is called God? He is not any human being as conceived by us. He is a collection of ideals, principles, excellence, good qualities, good activities etc. Prayer is made here for imbibing within us those qualities - from among the innumerable qualities of God - which are very important in our lives.
The most important is tejasvita or brightness or bright intelligence which develops the power of the soul and joins the person into those deeds which destroy material temptations. Brightness is not related to age but to the tendency of a person. It is not external, but internal. It is not superficial but enmeshed in one's nature. The face looks bright because of it. The second necessity is years and does deeds for others' welfare. "Jivem Sharadah shatam" - this is possible only if we become strong and valorous. It is restraint and proper diet and proper activity. With the coming of all three within the person, the soul brightens up and the person becomes luminous. A man full of mental brightness, manliness, strength and luminosity can do everything in the world. The biggest difficulties cannot obstruct his path. Whatever he resolves to do is achieved. Whether he does, impress others. Nobody can dare to shrug off what he says.
But that much it is not enough. Power is necessary to destroy the sinful acts of wicked people. There should be natural anger within us for eradicating injustice. Along with that our soul must have limitless power of tolerance, by which we may always remain smiling even in worst difficulties and may not deviate from the path of truth. Even though there be unbearable calamities, we shall patiently solve them and go on progressing on the path of progress.
This is called the art of living. Then a person achieves humanity. When a person achieves humanity, then it is also his duty to strive to make human his family and society. Only a burning lamp can light an extinguished lamp. How can an extinguished lamp light up another extinguished lamp? It is man's duty to become bright, luminous, powerful, patient, valorous and strong and inspire others to do so.
Therein lies the success of man's life.

Beliefs on God

Meaning: Various people have the various concepts about the worship of God. In reality, God is the attitude of a man, if the person is sinless hearted, he can find God every where for this statement our ancient Grantha Rigveda has expressed it in its 8/61/11 stanza that - "If the heart is impure and malicious, then God's worship will also be unfruitful. Therefore God's worship must be carried our with a 'nispaap (sinless) heart.
Message: Different types of beliefs are seen in the people of this world regarding God. Some people do not believe in God's existence. They ask that if God exists, they why is he not seen? Well, are we able to see the electricity passing through the wire and lighting the electric bulb? Then, are we able to deny the existence of electricity flowing through the wire. Only God is the creator, controller and sustainer of this creation. Our welfare lies only in the devotion and worship of God.
Even so, most men suffer sorrow and hardships despite worshipping God. The only reason for it is that their hearts are still full of faults and bad tendencies and involved in sinful acts. Therefore worship in such situations is not real worship, but mere hypocrisy. How can one receive benefit of a false show? The one and only one condition for obtaining God's grace is purity of heart. After all, God is our best friend and brother, but we have not made an attempt to meet God with pure, sinless, generous and open heart. How can He then shower His grace on us?
The people of this era have become ego-centric and are trapped in the endless pursuit for satisfying their own senses. We are running only after illusory pictures or mere shadows. We are caught in a terrible vice. The disease of running after money and women has assumed a dreadful form and is spreading everywhere. People are not willing to get out of its bind. They are always remaining unstated despite continuous indulgence of senses. What a misfortune it is that indulgence of senses is crying out from rooftops and is saying that it does not have any power or strength to provide satiation (i.e. full satisfaction). Even then man is so foolish that despite knowing this fact, he rushes with redoubled and vain efforts to get full satisfaction from these very illusory indulgences of senses. Ultimately the situation arises, 'bhoga na bhukta, vyameva bhukta' i.e. we are not able to enjoy the material pleasures of the senses, but sacrifice ourselves in the worry for obtaining such pleasures. The Vedas have never told us to discard materialism, but have told us to accept the creation as a mere means and to use it for good purpose. In the absence of the body or material means, our sustenance is impossible, but to believe that only sustenance is everything, amounts to self-deception.
Good deeds for helping others and moral conduct are mere steps towards spiritual life. For purity of the 'chitta' (one of the four parts of the mind, chitta is where concentration on a subject or image takes place) we have to climb through these steps. Without purifying the chitta, the highest knowledge can never be achieved. To remove the dirt which has firmly lodged in the mid, firm moral conduct, deeds for helping others without any self interest, regular study of scriptures and religious endeavor (or religious discipline) are extremely necessary. On taking to this path, the flow of divine spiritual knowledge starts within the heart and with the profound brightness of this divine glow our faults and bad tendencies are, as if, burnt away. The space vacated by them gets filled with 'sadgun' (good qualities).
All this is possible only by firm 'atmabal' (strength of the soul) or firm resolve or will-power.

Action this Religion

Meaning: According to the Athervaved 5/30/7 - Man, rouse thyself always. That is your duty. Just as ants and other small forms of life always try to climb upwards, similarly, you too should find out the means of uplift and progress constantly.

Message: Tremendous progress has been achieved in the world by knowledge and science. But this science does not confer peace and happiness. Peace and happiness are always available through good persons and it is outside the power of science to 'create' good men. Men become good only through spiritualism.

What is this spiritualism which makes a good and uplifted man? This is the trinity of worship, spiritual-endeavor (or spiritual discipline) and adoration. Once a person takes a plunge in the river of this trinity, his life becomes successful. By worshipping (Upasana) we are trying to imbibe within us the divine qualities of God. Keeping in mind the divine principles, one should decide one's tasks and be firm in them and to remain rock-stable in the face of the biggest attractions, temptations and hardships. Spiritual-endeavor or spiritual-discipline (Sadhana) is for one's own self through control of the body and mind with austerity, celibacy and restraint. Adoration (Aaradhana), translated into action, means service to others and always to pay attention to others' welfare. Not to be busy in achieving self-interest, but to think of societal-uplift, and to think that one's progress lies in contributing to the society's progress. A man, who conducts himself according to these religious precepts, always forges ahead, craves out a path for peace and happiness for all and thus creates a blissful atmosphere for all.

Strange is the life of a man, because he can fall downwards or raise his level very high. Man's downfall can be so low that even animals will be considered at a higher level in comparison, or he can achieve levels higher than deities. Decide by yourself where you wish to go. In this human species, do you want to behave as an animal or as a diving being? It is very easy to fall down, but tremendous diligence is required to rise upwards. Like the fish swimming against the current, you have to exert courageously. Man has to go constantly ahead in the direction of progress. The Vedas instruct thus, "Udyanum te pruusha naavyanum" i.e. "O human being! You have to raise high in life and not to fall".

God's shelter is required for forging ahead in the direction of progress in life. The only route to God is to put God's divine qualities into one's conduct. For that one has to strive to become humane by purifying one's sentiments and attitudes and developing a habit of introspection. After that alertness and cautiousness are necessary for strict adherence to rules. Man's humanity is expressed by the high quality of his thoughts or mental attitudes.

By putting into action this religion of humaneness, man becomes a human being and fulfills God's prupose.

Achieving the Goal of Life

Meaning: One of the most powerful matters is kept in our four Vedas. Among them the goal of human life is expressed in the stanza of the Yajur-Veda's 40/2 that -"There is only one way for man to achieve his life's goal, and that is 'sad aacharan' (i.e. proper moral conduct). We should desire to live a hundred years on the religious path.

Message: The birth and rebirth of man depends on his deeds and their results. From his birth to death as long as the body is active, man goes on doing some physical (bodily) or mental work. It is impossible for anyone to remain even for a moment without doing any work. We have been granted this human life only for doing work. It is an altogether different matter whether the deed is a good or bad one.
We all know the principle of science that 'every action has an equal and opposite reaction' and therefore for every deeds there is a 'karmaphal' (resulting reward or punishment also). The entire world is moving or running on specific rules and principles. There is no place for anarchy in this world of God. There is only the empire of discipline and justice in His creation. God has ordered man to live a hundred years while doing work of public-welfare. But unfortunately man narrows down his sphere of work to only selfish interests for the fulfillment of his false pride and selfishness and forgets his duty to work for public welfare. As a result, he gets trapped in perversities and suffers terrible hardships and sorrow because of his sins.
Sometimes the question may arise in our minds, "what type of deeds should I perform? What is the meaning of public welfare? Ultimately what is the use of working for the benefit of the world?" In reality, the fact is that when we work for the welfare of the society, we are actually serving ourselves also. We must remember that in the benefit of others we will certainly benefit. In the progress of the world, lies our own progress. We should have this lofty aim when doing any type of world. If we always think that it is our good fortune to serve others, then the wish for helping others will certainly be in our tremendous inspiration.
Such deeds, because they are carried out without any selfish desire, are called 'nishkam karma' (nishkam means without desire and karma means deeds). The success or failure of such deeds never makes a man arrogant or sorrowful. Such a man only thinks that he has not succeeded because he has not made as much effort with determination as required. After that he starts working again with double energy and involvement. Such'nishkam karma' (performed without selfish motive) never disturbs the person nor does the man have any attachment for that deeds. The feeling of 'atmaval sarvabhooteshu' (all the beings on the earth have the same type of soul as I have) becomes profound when man has no personal or selfish interest and he finds his own benefit in the benefit of others only. Instead of making use of the worldly comforts and facilities for himself only, such a person experiences the greatest joy when sharing with others. If one acts thus in the spirit of share-and-share-alike and joins all types of his deeds for God's work (i.e. in a spirit of working for God and his creatures), then such deeds never put man in future bondage. Only such men carrying out their deeds without any desire for personal benefit become distinguished in this world. Therefore, man always saving himself from attachment, should dedicate his life for performing good deeds without any selfish motive or desire for personal benefits.
This is the one and only method for achieving the best objective in life.

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