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Dear Mr.Vijisesh,

Man thinks that he gets happiness from external sensory objects. But all the
worldly things themselves are not permanent. They are subject to decay and
extinction. Man himself has to die someday. The hands of death will strike
him at any moment. It is a pity that we do not know this fact or are afraid
to face this truth.

What gives us happiness today may not give happiness tomorrow; again, we
do not get the same happiness with excess of it. It is our mind which is the
cause for happiness or sorrow. It is this mind which goes after the earthly
things. With aging, our sensory organs lose their vigour and strength and
have therefore to stop hankering after the external objects, but this mind
never stops. It is here this moment, and in the next it travels to US, then
to our village and it hopes and despairs. The mischief is being done by this
mind.

Due to the karmas of the numerous past births, tendencies ( vasanas
or impressions ) accumulate and it envelops the mind. These vasanas
are like sustained-release tablets. Moved by these vasanas, our mind
acts. When both the vasanas and the mind are extinguished, man gets
liberation.

Mano-nasa and vasanakshaya occur almost simultaneously. In order to
get to that stage, first of all we have to get our mind purified of the malas.
This purification of mind or chitta-suddhi is done by performing the karmas
as ordained by our Vedas. Chitta-suddhi is the fruit of doing the karmas.

That is why our ancestors and rishis want us to do the karmas as
ordained by our Vedas.