A Presentation on Purushartha

Guided By: Presented by:Dr. Anita Jain Nitin agrawalFaculty, IMS MBA(HA) IIIrd Sem.

INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES DAVV, INDORE

PURUSHARTHA

PURUSHARTHA:(SANSKRIT) Human wealth or Purpose

•Which is sought by man•Human purpose, aim, goal•Generally four such purushartha

Dharma Artha Kama Moksha

Dharma : Righteousness, DutyArtha  : WealthKama   : DesireMoksha : Liberation

•Are four goals of human life

•Are shaped from Dharmashastras

•These are Veda, Purana, Sashtras

•Are the basic principles which shapes the human life as well as values

• Purusharthas

1. artha

• deals with the material world, including all the benefits and duties of organized social life, a moral life aim

2.kama• deals with pleasure or love, including the art, dance,

music and physical pleasures, a moral life aim

3.dharma

• deals with working to benefit not just yourself, but other people, including community, family, moral life aim

4. moksha

• ultimate spiritual realization, focus on the path to enlightenment or liberation, realizing oneness with Brahman

Hinduism: Purusharthas

•Kama is fulfilling one's desires•Desires are in various forms -- to be wealthy, powerful,sexual needs, recognition, service, etc.•For a person to evolve spiritually and to reach the ultimate destination, the barrier of desires needs to be crossed.•This can be done either by fulfilling the desires, or by sublimating them.•Suppressing of desires is certainly not recommended because it is like a fully coiled spring that is held down by force, it can erupt unpredictably causing undesirable consequences.

• Karma

• refers to the moral implications of all actions, thoughts and intentions, in the present and the past

• used to make sense of our place in society and of our individual lives

• represents the idea that a person is the result of their past actions

• determines how a person will continue in the cycle of samara or if they will be liberated

Karma

The goal is zero karma

The goal is to produce no karma at all because when

we have no karma we have reached liberation

• past actions, our past karma defines samsara location and nearness to liberation

• defines whether we move forward or backward in samsara

• negative karma

created by not following the moral law and one’s dharma

away from liberation, lower rebirth

positive karma

created by following the moral law and meeting one’s dharma

closer liberation, higher rebirth

Karma

Theory of Karma • The storehouse of karmas which are rooted in kleshas result in all experiences in the present and future lives• As long as the roots (kleshas) are there, they must ripen and result in rebirth, a given span of life and life’s experiences Each birth brings its own joys and sorrows • Three types of karma: prarabdha (fructifying), sanchita (accumulated – like the bank balance), agami (current actions resulting in future karma)

•Gita says that do your duty without ego and without calculations of gain or loss. One should believe in Nishkama karma i.e. fruit of work should not be thought of while performing of duty.

•Excellence at work through self motivation and self development with devotion and without attachment

•Co-operation is a powerful instrument for team work and success in any organization