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Samyak Darshan (Rational perception) Samyak Gina (Rational knowledge) Samyak Charitra (Rational conduct)
Message of Indian Philosophy - The cosmic perspective:
From times immemorial Indian philosophy has sought happiness in looking beyond the earthly mundane existence towards the life giving, sustaining and destroying cosmic phenomenon which in itself has been evolving in the vastness of space and the immensity of time. God has been visualized as a trinity - the creator, the preserver and the destroyer. In the creation, earth is but a tiny place drifting in the cosmic ocean of billions of galaxies and trillions of stars.
Spirituality arouses human consciousness on a higher, wider and ever-enduring perspective of continuity in the midst of ongoing change. It links human effort, achievement and aspirations to the eventual purpose of the transitory passage of human beings in this universe.
THE DISCOVERY OF THE SELF:
Indian philosophy regards happiness as not mere sensual pleasures, emotional joys or intellectual delight. All these are transient joys. Enduring happiness reveals itself in the discovery of the self. In essence, the goal of all religions is the same - to unveil your real self and to draw out the divinity in you.
The message of Upanishads is not to get lost in the glamour and splendour of material comforts but to search for the attainment of enduring bliss:
"From the unreal Lead me to the real
Ahimsa: The Ultimate Winner
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