Sage of Kanchi –

Pranams at the lotus feet of Sri Paramacharya !

Sri Paramacharya describes the nature of Purusharththa,  Arththam/wealth means richness,  possession of cattle and properties,  and abundance of grains,  these have the nature of bringing happiness for the short term but definitely bring miseries and grief.  Kamam/desire, there are two types of desires, one is desire towards worldly matters, and another one is permanent bliss which is yearning for the unison with the supreme spirit.   Happiness in human life has temporary nature, happiness originates from worldly affairs are momentary that keeps coming and going, eternal bliss is something which resides in the heart forever, it can be achieved with the knowledge of self and God-realization,  Moksha is the final state which is liberation from birth, aging, and death.  Our soul is trapped in the body made up of muscles and skeleton; therefore it has to undergo constant sufferings, afflictions, miseries, and grief, once it is freed from the body it will merge with the supreme bliss.  Once this body has become a means for happiness and proud turns out to be part of shame, guilt, illnesses and unhappiness in the later years.  Supreme bliss is not subject to region, seasons, or material objects, extreme heat makes us sweat, as a result, we yearn for the cool breeze, during extreme winter we need to cover our body with woolen clothes, supreme bliss will not undergo any changes in any circumstance, and therefore we all should strive for achieving that supreme bliss.  Permanent bliss can be achieved with the performance of righteous deeds, Nishkamyadharma which is any righteous deeds without expecting any personal benefit would remove the impurities of an individual, ultimately it will lead to Moksham.  Wealth has two benefits; it can be used for personal happiness which has fleeting nature and for the performance of righteous deeds which provides supreme bliss.  There is a vast difference between music and literary composition, music provides instant happiness like sprinkling water on the dry sand, but the metaphorical composition would keep giving happiness whenever we recollect.

Sage of Kanchi –

Pranams at the lotus feet of Sri Paramacharya !

Paramacharya describes that every religion has its own sacred scriptures that elaborates the ways to liberate the soul from repeated births, therefore we worship the sacred scriptures and prostrate before them, Sikkhism builds a shrine for their sacred scripture ‘Guru Granth Sahib’ which was compiled by ten preceptors and worship them, these scriptures narrate attainment of serenity, peace, and liberation from worldly existence.  Vedic religion has various scriptures, eighteen scriptures, and sub-divisions of them; great epics Srimadh Mahabharath and Ramayan, Veda and Vedanga, Srimadh Bhagavath Gita, Srimadh Narayaneeyam and the list goes endless.  In all the religion, children learn their holy scriptures in the early years of childhood after that they enter into worldly matters, hence their faith in their religion is firm and they never get attracted to any other religion or change their beliefs.    In our religion there is no such system prevails, therefore, it is easy to get changed the beliefs and faith, we are not aware of our sacred scriptures in childhood.  Thus, it is essential to practice Veda and Vedanga from the early years of childhood, immediately after Bhramopadhesham.  Parents should introduce their children with the habit of reading books of cultural values and beliefs from the early years of childhood.  It has become a tendency among the higher classes of the society to perform Bhramopadhesham in a large scale, instead of spending money on the Vedic rituals; before the ceremony parents should appoint a priest to teach the child about the importance of the Upakarma , so that it will create an enthusiasm in the child to practice the sun worship on a regular basis, simultaneously a Vedic Bhramin will get benefited financially.  The practice of learning scriptures from the early years of childhood would remove various disparities within the religion; put the teachings from the scriptures into practice would bring discipline, happiness and welfare.  We have heard of Jeevanmuktha’s/liberated souls who constantly contemplated upon the supreme spirit, yearning for the unison with the Universal spirit.  It has become a habit among us to visit shrines, carry out pilgrimage and take a holy dip in sacred rivers and seeking advises from Yogis when the sufferings go beyond the limit, these things provides peace and serenity.  The same results can be achieved by reading scriptures and visiting preceptors, it is called religion/righteousness which is the source of Purusharththa/ Dharma, Arththa, Kama and Moksham.