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Glimpses of World Religions
Man becomes happy when his or her desires are fulfilled and if not, he (or she) feels unhappy. Therefore, more prominence is given to the acquisition of pleasure by taking recourse to sex and other wishes or kāma. Happiness and misery come and go for ever in human life. And so, why to forego a ‘present pleasure in the fear of a 'would-be' future misery ?
The Indian mentality can hardly digest or accept these facts shown by Charwak. Hedonism is not a perfectly true principle. This ideology can seldom be welcomed as a moral ideal of life. Real happiness and tranquility can be had only by cultivating a sense of justice and philenthropy. Then only the spirit of 'world itself is the family' can be put into practice.
All the schools of thought in Indian philosophy oppose (and prove wrong) this Charwak philosophy with one voice. Man has not taken birth here on this earth only for enjoyment of luxuries. To accept an ideology which has an ideal of irreligious acts is like degrading man to the level of a beast.
This darshan did not survive for long. In spite of a powerful criticism of atheism, today, in this world, we find materialism or the Charwak Darshan.
Numerous people of this world have unknowingly started to lead a life with a self centred goal and enjoyment of worldly pleasures. They have sidetracked the key factors like Religion, Justice and Morality which clearly shows a reflection of ‘Charwak Darshan' in their lives.
