tman_and_moksa

SR No.: 020053
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: G N Joshi
Publisher: Gujarat University
Publication Year: 1965
Total Pages: 901
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 12 MB

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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
The Upanişads
individual entertains. Therefore, the root cause of all births and their miseries consists in the desires. It is said in the Brh. Upanisad -"And as is his desire, so is his will; and as is his will, so is his deed; and whatever deed he does he will reap."?
Thus it will be found that the root cause of all misery and suffering is the desire of the individual. Because of the attachment of the individual's mind to objects, desires arise; and because all the desires do not always get satisfied, naturally the individual's mind suffers from frequent disappointments from which is born anger which eclipses the intellect and because of that the individual often falls under the spell of infatuation which ultimately ruins him. Desires are powerful driving forces of the individual, but they can never fetch abiding satisfaction. All the satisfaction that one derives from the desires separately, is only temporary, lasting only for a short time; after the desire is satisfied, the individual again feels a void, which needs to be filled by another fresh desire; thus the individual keeps hunting after desires and their satisfaction; but none of the desires, taken either individually or collectively can produce everlasting satisfaction. The individual who is in pursuit of abiding satisfaction, gets tired of deriving such satisfaction from the desires. The Upanişads siy, that the way of obtaining permanent satisfaction is not one of pursuing the desires, but is one of being free from the desires. Thus, the Upanişads preach curbing of the senses and controlling of the
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