“If an individual can combine
qualities such as sufficient knowledge, power, devotion to duty, courage, etc.,
with a desire for enjoyment, hankering after fame and some amount of
selfishness, he is likely to win success in the material world, and enjoy pleasure
for some time.
It is not possible to achieve that
kind of success by means of unalloyed white ( virtuous ) acts. But such acts
help the individual in eradicating the root cause of all miseries, the
consequence of which is permanent elimination of all sorrow.
That is the summum
bonum ( "the highest good") of life for everybody, be he virtuous
or vicious.”
From THE DOCTRINE OF KARMA
By Samkhya-yogacharya Swami Hariharananda
Aranya
No comments:
Post a Comment