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Self-restraint: A Must for World Peace : 83 the fulfillment and the unfilfillment of desires supported by possessiveness leads to immorality and impurity. Here I propose that the value of non-possession or self-restrain laid down by Lord Mahāvīra will be effective and efficient to resolve such above mentioned problems. Restrain over accumulation and restrain over desires - these are the two important factors which can help out to overcome these imbalances and in building a morally healthy and harmonious society and nation. Here I would like to mention few arguments which convince man to have control over desires. Before going into how we can have control over desires we will focus on why one should control desires. Arguments for Control our Desires 1. In Economics there are two important words - need and desire. Ācārya Tulasī discussed three kinds of life-style based on these two factors by three equations. A) Desires > needs = viksti B) Desires = needs = praksti
C) Desires < needs = saṁskṛti.
That is to say, when desires are more than needs it will result into vikrti (problematic) state. When desires are equal to needs it will result into prakrti (naturalistic) state. While when desires are less than needs it will result into saṁskṛti (good) state. The fact is that man is the part of nature and not the master of nature. To live natural life he has to equalize his desires with needs if he couldn't minimize it.
2. Philosophically also we can prove that one cannot fulfill all the desires. Desires are infinite and materially one cannot fulfill infinite desires. Infinity is not the nature of materiality. It's the nature of spirituality. One can feel infinite happiness, infinite peace, etc. but cannot fulfill infinite desires. We all know that the things which do not possess the nature cannot be extracted from it. For example fire cannot quench the thirst and water cannot light the lamp. Similarly
