PURUSHARTHA – THE WAY TO LIVE

BLISSFUL LIFE

Purushartha – “The Way

to Live Blissful Life”

Dr. Ravindra Pathak

Email: rpmgt11@gmail.com

HAPPINESS IN LIFE

REALLY HAPPY?

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

Bhagavad Gita

Karm (Action)

Bhakti (Devotion)

Gyan (Knowledge)

UNDERSTANDING THE HIERARCHY

Reins - Mind

Horses - Senses

Passenger -

Soul

Driver -

Intelligence

VED = KNOWLEDGE

VED AND PURUSHARTHA

Rig-Veda Dharma

Sama-Veda Kama

Yajur-Veda Moksha

Atharva-Veda Artha

PURUSHĀRTHA – THE FOUR AIMS OF LIFE

Kama

Moksha Dharma

Artha

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

Kama

Moksha Dharma

Artha

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.

PURUSHARTHA – THE WAY TO LIVE

BLISSFUL LIFE

Tapa

Swaddhyay

Sanyam

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.

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