Purusharth Chatushtaya

According to the Vedic literature, four kinds of responsibilities have been rendered to us, to live a Fruitful Life.

	Dharma	Artha	Kaam	Moksha
Defining term	Righteousness	Finances	Lust	The ultimate realization of Unity
Annexure 1	The moral science taught by our parents	its attributes, the desires	Passions inclusive, Krodh, Lobh, Maya, “Jugupsa”, Moh	Steps towards God
Annexure 2	True and false, right and wrong	The concept of need v/s greed- switching to anartha	Jungle rule	Penance for knowing Self
Annexure 3	Moral; to behave as a human	prevalent in greater proportion of population	Birth, pranks as a child, education, industrialist, reproduction, death	Knowing the Aim of Life, its practice from being a minor
Annexure 4	Religion	extravagant desires	Being the minion of the lower animals	If rendered the term “purpose”, rest three are settled in a Magical way
Interpretations in Kaliyuga	taught by parents and schools for passing exams	The main purpose; to prove the talents	Sensual enjoyment	To be practiced in relinquishing body
Quote		BHOG–	–UDYOG	Youth is the stage for “Yog, Bhog, Udyog”.

Yog	Bhog	Udyog
The practice of penance, meditation, satsanga	Pleasure in luxuries	The means of money (be they by fair or unfair means), education
To know the Aim of Life	Sufferings invited with joy	Industrialist, Engineer, even a servant of other
To own an occupation under an employer, or become a scientist?	Earn, Power, Fame, Propagation,…..death	Any vocation
The Union with the Divine		Working for flourishing
Realization of being the Soul, neither the body nor the mind.

Dharma: The term Dharma means the nobility. The righteous virtues are inculcated by our parents in our childhood. The discrimination between the right and wrong is the primary virtue. This discrimination is cultivated in all aspects of existence, in the domain of the body as well as the mind. The routine of a day, to the way of speaking to some, listening to someone and the rest fall in this strata. The attributes inculcated within to behave as a human, rather the wild beings, is Dharma.

Artha: All the finances and currencies running through our hands is the Artha. The livelihood is artha, daily bread is artha, income is artha. But, it has several manifestations. The desires fall under artha, wishes come under artha.
There are two aspects of using a penny, under greed or under need. The difference can be demarcated by series of practice sessions in our lives, retrospection while spending a paise. Most of the people of the planet are busy expending their expanding expenditure in lavishness. Greed has conquered the minds; the theatres, bars, malls, night clubs are the hotspots of greedy expenditures.
Earning and spending the money morally is artha, but anartha makes the moral fade.

Kaam: Kaam is the lustful life. The lower animals begin their life as a fawn, consume ‘delicacies’, spring about in the pastures, give birth to young ones and die. If the humans follow their wild ancestral instincts, then it comes under kaam. The sense of jungle rule, ‘might is right’ governs the flora and fauna. Sensual enjoyment becomes the prime aim of life.
+Kaam is a umbrella term, which accredits numerous passions.
+Krodh– unworthy fury
+Lobh– graspingness
+Moh– Attachment
+Maya– Illusion
+Jugupsa– Jealousy, our greatest enemy.

Moksha: The practice of being spiritual, to know the Aim, to know the Oneness and the rehearsals executed to realize the ‘theoretically-known facts’. Progression towards the stage where the questions like, “who am I? What is the Aim of Life? Why am I born?” is Moksha. The mind immersed in the Attribute of Oneness is said to the enlightened one. Meditating over the Self is Moksha.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF JANM-SIDDHA YOGIS: Jad Bharat, Guruji, Ramakrishna Paramhamsa and many. They were unaware of Bhog, Udyog and were immersed in the practice of Yog.

Guruji, Jad Bharat Ji, and Thakur Ji lived like a lotus, blossomed in the filth of worldliness, remained unstained.

RIGHT AGE TO KNOW THE PATH: The childhood is the best time, when the soul is unwrapped by gross wrappers. If a child, an adolescent is aware of His Aim of Life, then He or She can attain It, with least efforts. There have been a Sikh Guru, aged only seven years, He had attained It, at the stage of a minor.
Budhha, Nanak, Mahavir and the rest were inclined from their young age, towards the grand pot, full of ambrosia, which could quench their colossal thirst for Knowledge.

Budhha Ji, Mahavir Ji, Nanak Ji were diseased of a syndrome of “excess thirst”…. for knowledge, from their very young age. Guru Har Krishan Ji was the youngest among the Sikh Gurus, to attain Self-realization at the age of seven.

THE WAY TO CARRY OUT EXPERIMENTS OVER THE ‘BEING’: If we have to generate water, chemical formula being H₂O. Hydrogen gas is dispersed in the atmosphere, as is the O₂. There is a need of a catalyst to make the water. We ought to visit a lab, add a catalyst to the system, in a maintained environment of temperature and pressure. Such experiments are performed by scientists, and physicists of the gross world. They were the scientists who sacrificed their passions, for getting answers to the deep questions of Eternity, the yogis.

EXAMPLE OF PAIN: Say for instance, our hand is hurting due to some sprain. Who is this element “I”, experiencing pain? It is the body, amalgamated with the tasks of the dawdling mind. But, we know (at the stage of gross intelligence) that we are the Soul. Thus, by practice, we shall be able to experience the Soul within. This is Moksha.

INTERPRETATIONS IN KALIYUG: The mentality to make merry in childhood, gross ecstasy in youth, earning and flourishing in adulthood, remembering the Name for calming the conviction (the pricking conscience) in old age, surviving with the relinquishing body, with aches and pains all around, and wailing on the deathbed, is the most devastating decision. It is just like a suicide, killing the inner conscience, depriving it to take dip in the Constant Consciousness before dawn (in young age). Husky perception, impaired eyes, compromised audibility, crackling bones, strangled enthusiasm, entangled conscience in the gross, cramps and pangs all around……. This is the gross old age. Is this the right age to realize the Truth? Initially, we invite falsehood in our ‘survival instincts’, then wait for the light of Truthfulness illuminate our paths to Ultimate success.

VEDIC SAMSKAAR FOR MAKING THE PROGENY RICH IN VIRTUES: In the traditional culture of India, a grand ritual named Garbhadhan Samskaar is carried out before the conception of the female, as it is believed that the chantings and recitations in the prepartum, partum and postpartum stages, while feeding the child, are mandatory for building the character and virtue tree within the progeny. The lady is counselled to believe in the notion that a yogi (ascetic) shall be delivered through her, rather than a bhogi (sufferer). Repeating the Name while feeding the child, while caring for him or her, is important for the deep character building. The infant, the embryo starts realizing the Aim, the existence of the Supreme Will, the science of spirituality, the essence of holy scriptures and the rest. The lady is kept deprived of tamasic aahar-vihaar (the food and practices which render ignorance and lethargy to the body and mind of the consumer), as it influences the growth and development of the baby. Immorality should spill from none of the nooks of our existence. None of our senses should perceive evil in neither a person nor an object. The offensive idioms for someone, even in a chit-chat, shall sow a seed in the mind of the young progeny, they may retain the impressions, and practice it in future, amidst the respectable ones. The morals cultivated within the children, from the womb and further, can carry them towards Godliness, or pull them down to the grade of lower animals. We have the responsibilities of preserving our precious genes of Love, rather than disrupting a holy lineage to become one with those of the wild.
Similarly, our thoughts govern our destiny; from an enlightened being to the lowest of creatures.

WISH TO INDULGE IN GROSS VOCATIONS AND JOBS?: Some people have a thought of acquiring a job to show the world, their capabilities. They have the responsibility of nurturing their kids, while staying at home, but the notification pop-ups of mind are never-ending. If a person is earning in a nuclear or even in joint family, it is sufficient to live a life, without begging on the roads. Once the foot of the unemployed person leaves the house for some employment, the conflicts are invited by them. If we are one of these, then some tips can be discussed:
1. We are ought to do the household chores, as if are being done for serving the Lord, or He is doing the tasks through us, for us.
2. We should read scriptures, understand them, ponder over them and contemplate for knowing all attributes of the notion mentioned. If not, we can open a page of Srimad Bhagwad Gita or Quran, read it, understand it, and meditate over if, praying to the Almighty for furnishing the mind with true meaning of the verse.
3. We must repeat the Name while doing every task. It is not easy… But, again, Practice makes man perfect.
4. We must practice the attributes of being a human. The virtues, the tenants need a course of immense practice, for they may be assimilated.
5. Working for the sake of humanity, being a human ourselves is the best practice to be done in our precious Life-‘time’.
6. Breathing should become our rosary.
7. If not practiced: If we do not practice in this way, and we run out for earning some pennies, then there shall be conflicts in the family. The basic responsibilities will be left untouched. The kids shall be left neglected; the virtues, the morals and the rest can’t be cultivated. They will grow amidst the garbage of grudges, making them disoriented personalities in future. We will be fatigued physically and mentally, leaving the true Ourselves waiting till the verge.
8. If practiced: The six tenants of Life shall manifest with greatest ease. The passions shall be abolished, and peace will prevail.

TRUE BIRTHRIGHT: When our country was pouncing for independence from the British, the freedom fighters commented over their modes-operandi, “Independence is our birthright, we shall have it, by hook or by crook.” Independence of the physical form is worthless, the Freedom from all the chains looped by the mind, the thoughts is our birthright. We depend on money, name, fame, collaboration from others, family, friends and the rest. The true definition of ‘Independence’ is Inner dependence, depending on the Soul is the worthy. This dependence means to surrender to the Divine will, and then a grand independence occurs, making us truly free. This is our true birthright.