Hinduism Doctrine And Way Of Life
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Books By Rajaji

ANCIENT YET MODERN

The Mundakopanishad, after a glowing
description of the welcome accorded in swarga to the performer of sacrifices-how he is borne there on the rays of the sun and told in loving terms that he has earned the pleasures lie is going to enjoy-goes on to say:

Perishable and transient are the results achieved by sacrifices. The person of small wisdom who having won them congratulates himself on having eternal bliss is caught up again in decay and death. He only enjoys the fruits of his deeds in a distinguished place in swarga, and when they are exhausted he returns either to this world or enters a lower one.

The only happiness worth a wise man’s seeking is permanent happiness as distinguished from fleeting pleasures that are exhausted by enjoyment like a credit account in a bank, either here or in the world beyond.

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