Purushartha: The way to live blissful life.
Transcript of Purushartha: The way to live blissful life.
PURUSHARTHA – THE WAY TO LIVE
BLISSFUL LIFE
Purushartha – “The Way
to Live Blissful Life”
Dr. Ravindra Pathak
Email: [email protected]
PURUSHĀRTHA – THE FOUR AIMS OF
LIFE
पुरूषार्थ = पुरूष + अर्थ PURUSH MEANS HUMAN BEING AND ARTHA
MEANS OBJECTIVE
Purushartha is purpose/objective of life. By
fulfilling Purushartha, man gets fulfillment for
life as well as sustains the society.
There are four Purusharthas:
Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha.
Purusharthas means that for which a person
strives for. It implies our goals of life. It is
extremely important that our goals of life should
be very clear.
PURUSHĀRTHA – THE FOUR AIMS OF
LIFE
Brahmin
Vaish
Kshatriya
Shudra
Brahmcharya Ashram
Grihastha Ashram
Vanprastha Ashram
Sanyas Ashram
Social Class Life Stages
PURUSHĀRTHA – THE FOUR AIMS OF
LIFE - DHARMA
The word Dharma has wide implications, and no
English word does full justice to it, yet in the
context of our discussion we can say that Dharma
implies a conscientious, orderly & holistic living.
In short, Dharma means discharge of our duties
and responsibilities with due diligence.
PURUSHĀRTHA – THE FOUR AIMS OF
LIFE – ARTHA
Artha – acquiring wealth and resources, the
means to attain your purpose and live a happy
life.
Money is the most important worldly resource to
provide us some security, so that's what people
want money.
PURUSHĀRTHA – THE FOUR AIMS OF
LIFE – KAMA
Kama – satisfaction of desires; the pleasure of
attaining your purpose and fulfilling your
dharma.
Acquired some money, got some security the
next step for everyone is to use this money for
our comforts, enjoyments & fulfilling our duties,
desires & responsibilities.
PURUSHĀRTHA – THE FOUR AIMS OF
LIFE – MOKSHA
Moksha –final liberation; the ability to let go (e.g.
a purpose once completed).
Every person wants security & happiness, and
thus should learn the secrets of Artha & Kama,
which are the means to acquire relative security
& pleasure in the life.
उत्साहो बलवानार्थ नस्तत्र्ुत्साहात ्परं बल।ं सोत्साहस्तर्हह लोकेषु न ककञ्चिदपप दलुथभ ं ॥
Utsaaho balavaanaarya naastyutsaahaat param
balam
Sotsaahasya hi lokeshu na kinchidapi durlabham.
4.1.121 (Ramayana)
Enthusiasm has great strength. There is no
greater strength than enthusiasm. There is
nothing which is not attainable in this world for
the enthusiastic.