Passage 11

In English

Make Proper Use of Short Life

Man’s life, though sacred, virtuous, beautiful, and praiseworthy is short. In this limited life span man has to engage himself in good actions. There are enough good tasks that have to be done in this life. With our intelligence, we can accomplish anything. With determination, man can touch the sky and conquer the world. But today man is losing this strength. What is the reason for this? He is losing his mastery over the senses. The more sensual he is, the lesser is the lifespan. Today’s man is losing his physical strength and consequently destroying his inner strength completely. To remain immortal and retain youth, the power of the senses should be developed by controlling them. There should be no body-attachment. If on one hand, man loses control over the senses and on the other hand, he develops body-attachment, then what will be his plight?