Nature Of Moksha
All thinkers, eastern and western, are agreed that every effort
or activity in life is directed towards the attainment of happiness. Rama says in the
Ayodhya Kanda,
"Atma Suke Neyoktavyaj Sukbajah Prasmmrutah"!
But alas, the painful truth remains, that the happiness we enjoy is transitory, fleeting
and illusory and is often mingled with misery and suffering. Also it is not the lot of all
to be happy. Even those who enjoy moments of happiness are not fortunate to be happy till
the end. Man longs, therefore, for pure joy, unalloyed, everlasting happiness, free from
the least trace of misery and pain.
Here on earth " we look before and after and pine for what
is not; our sincerest laughter is fraught with pain, and our sweetest songs are those that
tell of saddest thoughts ". Death, disease, old age, poverty and want bring in their
train untold misery. The human heart is sick with
hope deferred,expectations blasted, ambition wrecked and desire unfulfilled.
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