Kama purusharth advocates desires fulfilled be,
Albeit in awareness, without harming anybody;

BASIC LIFE ATTRIBUTES

Four purusharthas or goals of the life be,
So very crystal clear in life undisputedly;
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Artha getting useful wealth and prosperity,
Finding the meaning for living herein truly;
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Kama fulfilling desires, acting repeatedly,
It the physical, material desire fulfillment be;
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Dharma – the foundation of all human goals be,
Refers to obligations, conduct, moral duties;
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Moksha – the liberation from the web of maya be,
Freedom from the cycles of birth and death clearly;
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As all the rivers must lead to the sea eventually,
All spiritual paths leading to the same goal finally;
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And all of the variety of life are created certainly,
By combination of the three Gunas undisputedly.
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If I were asked to define the Hindu creed, I should simply say: Search after truth through non-violent means. A man may not believe in God and still call himself a Hindu. Hinduism is a relentless pursuit after truth... Hinduism is the religion of truth. Truth is God. Denial of God we have known. Denial of truth we have not known.

As a caterpillar, having come to the end of one blade of grass, draws itself together and reaches out for the next, so the Self, having come to the end of one life and dispelled all ignorance, gathers in his faculties and reaches out from the old body to a new

The Hindus criticise the Mahomedans for having spread their religion by the use of the sword. They also ridicule Christianity on the score of the Inquisition.

But really speaking, who is better and more worthy of our respect—the Mahomedans and Christians who attempted to thrust down the throats of unwilling persons what they regarded as necessary for their salvation, or the Hindu who would not spread the light, who would endeavour to keep others in darkness, who would not consent to share his intellectual and social inheritance with those who are ready and willing to make it a part of their own make-up?

I have no hesitation in saying that if the Mahomedan has been cruel, the Hindu has been mean; and meanness is worse than cruelty.

…the designation of wife in India, of the Hindu wife, is higher and grander than that of Empress. She is called Devi