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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
The world is driven to unhappiness and frustration because it is driven by a sequence of desires. These waves’ means to fulfill. People resort to any means to fulfill their wishes. This could involve taking recourse to lying, harming others or damaging the environment. All religions have, therefore, condemned desire as the root cause of unhappiness. But when a desire is fulfilled we feel happy, not because our wish has been fulfilled but because for a moment there is no desire as the root cause. It is this state of “desirelessness” that we feel happy about. Of course, immediately thereafter another desire comes up. In the Bhagavad-Gita, a yogi has been described as the one who does not grieve and has no desire. The Jeevan, mukti in the sanyasapanishad is one who has achieved a state of complete “desirelessness”. As the root of this concept is the Mahavakya in the Ishopanishad. “Everything in the universe belongs to him. Those who have renounced their desires for material possessions enjoy the most. The Bhagavad-Gita carries the theme further, “Kamayevadhi-karaste ma phaleshukadachan.” Karma cannot be shunned and our objective should be to work without caring about the result. The state of true liberation comes when one performs all duties and obligations without bothering about the result. The way to achieve this state is through learning. “Savidyayavimuktye”, true learning which liberates us from desire, craving, attachment and fear. I
