The purpose of life is to be fulfilling, enriching the lives of others. The measure of success is variable for each person. Even a beggar securing a place at; say the footsteps of Babulnath Temple; can be termed as a successful person since he is comparatively more successful among the beggars; but nonetheless; he is after all; a beggar.
How do you then rate success?
A success which has humility and faith is long lasting.
Those who do not have faith will falter, no matter whether they are successful or not.
Karma - is ongoing. We are constantly gathering or doing karma. Either we are wasting time doing nothing; which is again some kind of karma, or we are thinking of good thoughts and arriving at solutions to complex problems, or doing the daily chores.. all amounts to karma.
Whatever the karma, we have to face consequences of our karma. Having great thoughts alone is not enough. Thoughts have to be followed by actions. We give alms to the poor, but it does not amount to sat karma if we do it with the intent of acrrueing sat karma or gaining good karma. Selfless service without the intent of gaining anything, even "Punya" is the only way to do good karma.
The karma done with the intent of earning wealth is not deplorable; but it certainly is not "shreshtha" karma.
Types of Karma : Vikaasartha Karma - The kind of work that brings in progress.. larger house, car, luxuries -
Punyaarth Karma - The kind of work that brings punya.. not for oneself but for others, It is this kind of work that gets credited into our account as sat karma. Selfless work.
Vyakti se samaaaj banta hai aur samaaj se vyakti tikta hai. Who then is more important?
Society is made up of individuals and individuals need society for support. In the Indian context, both are equally important. There is a constant give and take between the individual and the society.
In the context of evolution, society is more relevant. People just come and go.
Happiness - can be of various types : Emotional, sensual, intellectual and eternal.
Parivaar - Family - Importance of family - everybody works for everyone. Husband earns for the family, wife cooks for the family, son tries to bring fame to the family, daughter serves another family. No individual existence. Western modern philosophy of individuality. So called individual progress at the cost of progress of family and as a result, at the cost of progress of the society.
Collective progress - Inclusive growth.
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