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allachment and possessions like greed, ego, anger and deceitfulness etc., which cause karma:bondage and which yield sufferings and hence a sādhaka has to minimise or avoid activities involving ārambha and parigraha. Śrîmad has, therefore said that indulging voluntarily or intentionally in such activities is very detrimental to the welfare of the soul and is the cause of fickleness and instability of mind and also of undesirable emotions in the mind.97
· A sādhaka is, therefore, expected to avoid ārambha and parigraha and practise vairāgya and upaśama. Vairāgya is non-attachment and upaśama is reducing. and pacifying of passions. This is obvious because greediness or craving to acquire and amass as much wealth and possessions as possible is bound to make one unhappy and restless, whereas one, who is contented and satisfied is happy and peaceful: Srimau has, therefore laid much stression developing nonattachment or aparigraha or contentment, in his ‘Mokșamālā '. Here he has pointed out that a greedy person cannot enjoy what he has acquired, because he would be busy and mentally restless to acquire what he does not possess. 98 Therefore, a sādhaka, who is not a monk but a house-holder and family-man should always put a limit to his possessions, if he wants to be happy.
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