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Yajnavalkya: Take from me, O Maitreyi, your share of property or Brahma Vidya, the Knowledge Divine. Maitreyi: Grant me that, O Sage, that gives everlasting happiness. (— and thus Maitreyi chooses Shreyas) - Brhadaranyakopanisad
There are two ways of leading our life: Preyas and Sreyas. Preyas is pleasant, which is attractive, tempting. Sreyas is good, which serves our highest purpose of moksha, liberation. That which is wholesome though it may not appear desirable in the beginning. Preyas is opposite of Sreyas. Preyas may look very nice in the beginning but may bring misery later. Preyas seems to make us happy temporarily but later on causes misery. To understand, comprehend this truth requires some space, patience, some leisurely time to contemplate. One needs to take out time from the rush of the humdrum of the life and stop for a while to see the truth, to see how men rush to objects like moths rush to the fatal attraction of the flame and destroy themselves. Objects first attract, bind and then destroy- may not be immediately like a flame destroys a moth but gradually. Indulgence is like slow death. Take the example of drug addicts. Initially one feels ecstatic but slowly when the person is hooked, he encounters untold misery till he is extinct. We saw above the example of moth being destroyed due to sense of sight. A fish, attracted by the taste of the bait, gets hooked. In fish, the sense of taste is dominant and
Page 1 and 2: SHREYAS PREYAS
Page 3 and 4: SREYAS & PREYAS Svvami Vivekananda
Page 5: INTRODUCTION In the journey of life
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Page 11 and 12: Our desire to be superior, to show
Page 13 and 14: piece of the bread. This is what th
Page 15 and 16: of dama, control. A person filled w
Page 17 and 18: SwamijiV then he was replied, "Anyw
Page 19 and 20: pleasurable or painful. It is the c
Page 21 and 22: sucks the water from the lake with
Page 23 and 24: Same thing is for us. If we lean on
Page 25 and 26: A person, following the path of Pre
Page 27 and 28: ight in front of them. They don't g
Page 29 and 30: that god), when you go to sleep, al
Page 31 and 32: The Upanisads say this atma is dear
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