Passage 5

In English

The Purpose Of Life Is To Know One's Self

Man can be really healthy only when he exercises control over his wayward senses and fickle mind. In fact, he can achieve wonderful results by controlling his senses and mind. He can attain the objective of his life only when he has three things: control over the senses, check on the mind and strength of the body. Fulfilment of the objective of life is not possible if he lacks even one of these. Man should make efforts to channelise his potentialities and capabilities in the right direction and show their value to the world. But man forgets that he has a limited lifespan and allows his senses and the mind to take to arbitrary ways. In this way, he not only loses his own peace, he causes restlessness in society also.