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objects of the senses is not considered a sin in the western religion and when excessive indulgence of senses is not considered a downfall for man, there is no wonder that these activities should go on unrestrained.
On the other hand Indian religions discribed the objects of the senses as evil and taught mankind the philosophy of the soul and preached the renunciation of the objects of the senses from the very start. Our religions, in fact, have proved to us the independent existence and status of the soul and given us the notion of a world hereafter. They have shown that we can achieve a good or bad reward in the next world on account of our good or bad actions in this life and pointed out that one had to bear the good or bad consequences of one's actions. Our philosophies declare that the present life of a human being is not the only life possible but there are other lives, both,past and future. We are taught that for our present happiness and misery,our good and evil actions of the past are responsible and therefore, we should not fall pray to vices such as false happiness and regret, pride and helplessness, likes, dislikes, jealousy etc. We are taught to create a series of future good or bad rewards by virtue of our present deeds pertaining to the mind, the speech and the body. We should not tarnish our lives with vices and virtueless actions, but, we should learn to make our life beautiful by means of virtues, good thoughts and good actions.
The result of this teaching of the Indian religions about the life hereafter was that it could stop criminal activities and inspire virtues and
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