Mental Health
- Harry Jane
- Jan 19
- 2 min read
I have been reading Indian philosophy for some time now and it has helped in improving my mental health, social connections, and how I view the world around me. I am sharing a few of the viewpoints which might also help you in fighting depression, and anxiety and improve your overall mental health.
Kalpataru(The Divine tree fulfilling all desires) is wooden, the Sumeru is a hill, The philosopher’s stone is but a stone, the sun has scorching rays, the moon is waxing and waning, the sea is saline, the Kamadev(the god of love) is bodyless; Bali is a demon, the cow of plenty is an animal. ( Everything with the best of attributes has some inheritance defect).
Why Should I Worry for Life as Lord Hari is the sustainer of the world. Had it not been so then how come a mother’s breasts be filled with milk for her infant automatically? Believing this O spouse Lakshmi! I pass life devoted to your feet!
Who gets all that one aspires for? Everything one gets is what is destined for one. Hence all must seek satisfaction in whatever they receive.
Bondage is indulgence in vices and renunciation of them is liberation. Thus it is the mind, that drives one to bondage or to liberation.
Anger is death, lust is Vaitarani(the river of hell), knowledge is the cow of plenty and satisfaction is Nandanvan(the divine orchard).
One should always be satisfied (1)With his wise,(2) With his diet, and (3) with his wealth, but never with (1) His studies, (2) His austerity and penance, and (3) With his donations and gifts to the deserving persons.
O dear if you really seek liberation of your soul then sun all the sensual attractions as though they are poison and cultivate the spirit of forgiveness, the rectitude of conduct, compassion, piety truth, and similar other qualities which are nectar for human life.
He whose heart is full of compassion for all beings does not need to seek any other knowledge or Moksha(liberation) or care for rubbing ash all over his body.
Discern soul in the body like you feel fragrance in flower, Oil in the Oilseed, fire in wood, ghee in milk, and jaggery in sugarcane.
No disease is more deadly than sexual desires, no enemy is more dangerous than infatuation, no fire is hotter than the fire of wrath and no happiness is better than self-knowledge.
Please let me know if you agree or disagree with any of these. Moreover, share your views in the comment section.
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