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RENUNCIATION
modern man to look into the nature of life and the ways by which we can make it happy. In the glorification of materialistic notions of happiness, we have lost our way to happiness and are strolling in the deep dark abyss of human insensitivity and total and callous disregard of the value of human life. This is the worst of the sins of the human beings, which is more than the initial sin if any.
It is not prudent to say that God has punished us to unhappiness- whatever may be the virtues of the religions, which perpetuate such notions. It is perhaps oriented towards understanding that whatever happiness we get here is not permanent and that we should seek the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God is this only and it is our main duty to make it happy in all respects. Surely modern civilization, which is based on materialism, is not the solution; it is obvious for any with some sense of discretion. The path of Vairagya alone is the means for such happiness. The great Jester plays the Game. By attachment we suffer, by detachment we enjoy! The Isa Upanishad says “TENA TYAKTENA BUNJITHAH “... therefore renounce and enjoy! We have not learnt the lesson in spite of so many religions and faiths. This leads to the awareness
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