Selfish or not
As my friend and me were overtly expressing the rantings of our minds about the unfathomable secrets of life, we both came across a single dilemma. The ultimate tenet of any philosophical theory that strives to preach happiness is to find happiness in oneself. This brings us to a major moral predicament- “Doesn’t giving importance to one’s own happiness amount to selfishness?” As I traced this thought through the alleys of my limited knowledge, I found the nearest possible answer in few verses from Bhagavatgeeta- प्रजहाति यदा कामान्सर्ाान्पार्ामनोगिातन। आत्मन्येर्ात्मना िुष्ट: स्थििप्रज्नस्तदोच्यिे।। (Chapter 2) When Arjuna asks Krishna about the nature of a sthitaprajna(one who has attained happiness), Krishna answers that when a person vanquishes all the desires of the mind and finds happiness in his own self, he becomes a sthitaprajna. यस्त्वात्मरतिरेर् स्याि्आत्मत्रुप्तस्च मानर्:। आत्मन्येर् च सन्तुष्ट: िस्य कायाम्न तर्द्यिे॥ (Chapter 3) A person who enjoys his own compa...