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19. Purpose of Life

Tattva-jñānārtha-darśanam What is the purpose of life? Eat, sleep, drink, work? Grow, earn, marry, reproduce? Sleep, dream, wake up? Questions arise with curiosity  Goals are fourfold for humans Dharma is following the ethics Artha is seeking security  Kāma is enjoying pleasures Mokṣa is the discovery of freedom Freedom from insecurity  Freedom from unhappiness Freedom from birth and death Freedom is the only purpose Mokṣa is puruṣārtha  It is not prarabdha It happens against all odds It happens despite you  Just like a flowing river  pass through obstacles Keep mokṣa as goal and continue śravanam Desire to be free is mumukṣutva Desire to know is jijñāsā Discover the limitlessness Discover the irreducible reality  Inspiration - The Value of Values book- Swami Dayananda Saraswati