Sunday, 21 September 2014

Is there any Purpose or Meaning in our lives?The purpose of life is to find God and nothing else





 Vedanta teaches that we need to turn to our own innermost self to find the meaning of life. No words can describe this better than these lines from Tagore: “One day when the lotus bloomed, alas, my mind was straying, and I knew it not. My basket was empty and the flower remained unheeded./ Only now and again a sadness fell upon me and I started up from my dream and felt a sweet trace of a strange fragrance in the south wind./ That  vague sweetness made my head ache with longing and it seemed to me that it was the eager breath of the summer seeking for its completion./ I knew  not then that it was so near, that it was mine, and that this perfect sweetness had blossomed in the depth of my own heart.”  Sri Ramakrishna said once: The purpose of life is to find God, nothing else…Please share life lessons on how to make our lives meaningful. What do you see as the true purpose of our lives? Your wisdom will enrich all of us.
Pic re shared courtesy: tunesoftheflute.blogspot.com, Rabindra Nath Tagore:’Gitanjali: v.50)

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