Dharma, artha, kama, moksha - the four purusharthas.
When only artha (wealth), and kama (desires) are taught as goals
to a generation the decline of that civilization begins.
Dharma (one's larger duties), and moksha (independence from the
sway of likes and dislikes, or sthithapragya) need to be inculcated. For the
sake of the child, of the generation, of the civilization.
Narayana Sarma Hiranya kashyapa instructed Prahlada's teachers
to teach him only the first three aspects of life. Yet Prahlada chose and
mastered the fourth that no one taught him!
Narayana Sarma (Dharma there meant duty)
Aparna Krishnan Dharma always means duty. And much more English
has no word as vast as Dharma. So it translates it to Duty.
Narayana Sarma What society prefers to teach is always so
different from what the children choose to learn! (wow I love this line of
mine! :)
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