About the Book Ask yourself: When do you want to be happy? All the time. How do you want to be happy? You expect unlimited results from limited actions. Following this very mantra which is very common in the west, our society is consuming day by day more and more, to squeeze a little bit more happiness out of something Think for a moment. Instead of having values for things, we just consume blindly, rather than get an emotional reply in the form of the klesas like avidya asmita raça dveśa and abhiniveša. Avidya, of course, being the breeding ground of all kietas Raga is an experience of pleasure gained through those material objects or creatures that we love. Dveśa is an experience of pain gained through hatred of those that we don't love. On this basis, we decide our course of action. Sanskaras are built upon what brings us personal pain and pleasure. But if we want to see the bigger picture as to what really a value is, we can rely on the Vedas We even find here traces of democracy and more importantly, how to reach everlasting bliss But how to understand the Vedas? For this, there are various help books. The most well-known are the Sad-darśanas Sankhya. Yoga, Mimänsä. Vedanta. Nyaya and Valsesika Yoga teaches us as to how to get rid of the body. viz a right understanding of the relationship of Prakrti and Puruşa But why is this important? How does this help us in our daily lives to be truly happy and get rid of all obstacles in life? Can this be all experienced through the Vedas? Let us have a closer look here as to how the mind works in more detail.

About the Author Prof Ravi Prakash Arya is a world-renowned Vedic Scholar, Philologist historian. and philosopher He is a prolific speaker and writer. He is a widely traveled scholar who has delivered more than 350 popular and academic talks on various topics of the Vedas. Indian History Linguistics, Philosophy, Culture and Scientific Indian heritage in various countries of the world. He is doing pioneering work for preserving and propagating the universal and scientific Vedic heritage of india under the auspices of the Indian Foundation for Vedic Science. He has to his credit 75 research papers and 70 books running into 84 volumes on the various aspects of Vedas, Vedic Sciences, Vedic Exegesis Vedic Philology. Vedic Philosophy, Religion. Indian History and Culture. He is the Chief Editor of a quarterly Research Journal Vedic Science dealing with the scientific interpretation of Vedas & Allied literature and ancient Indian traditions This Journal is acclaimed as an authoritative document on Vedic Sciences He is also the editor of the annual World Vedic Calendar He has convented several national and International conferences seminars and workshop.

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