Learned persons are not happy and uneducated persons are also not happy. A man may think, “If I marry and get a beautiful wife, then I shall be happy.” But those who are married will tell you that they are not happy. Those who are not married will tell you that they are also not happy. We think that if we get grandchildren, sons and daughters-in-law, etc., then we will become happy. So we are always running after a phantasmagoria. It is said in the scriptures that the rays of the sun reflect off the desert sand. From a distance, a clean sheet of water can be perceived. The beasts in the desert, being very thirsty, see this “water,” a mirage, and think that if they run toward it they will get it. So they move forward further and further, but the water continuously recedes further and further into the distance. But, it is an illusion of water only and ultimately the beasts will die running after it. Just like this, people think, “If I get money, I shall be happy. If I get a beautiful wife, I shall be happy. If I get a son or daughter, I shall be happy,” etc. Afterwards, we shall die, unhappy.
Posted on: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 15:05:46 +0000