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Panchadashi Lesson - A0101: Introduction

Panchadashi
Module - A
Unit - A01
Lesson - A0101: Introduction
By Raja Subramaniyan

Joyful Living means living life with,
- Non-diminishing happiness
- Undisturbed peace, calmness, serenity and internal quietness
- Everlasting security
- Complete satisfaction, sense of fulfillment and contentment
- Full of love, kindness, compassion and affection
- Total acceptance of all the events and behavior of everyone
It also means living without ever
- Getting angry, upset or frustrated
- Harboring vengeance, disgust or suspicion
- Feeling jealous, hatred, animosity or irritation
- Being affected by boredom, loneliness or separation
- Fearing, worrying or having anxiety
- Having guilty consciousness, shame, self-pity or sorrow for others
- Being stressed out with tension
- Having pressure to perform or feeling inadequate

The possibility of gaining such Joyful Living is within the reach of highly intelligent people who have access to the right teaching. Both these (Intelligence and Right teaching) are essential requirements and there are no alternative paths available to reach Joyful Living.

Human pursuits in life appear to be many. Each person apparently has a goal in life. However, on deep enquiry it can be shown that there is only one goal in life for everyone and that is to live joyfully. Without knowing this fact, ignorant people pursue different goals in life. Their apparent goals keep changing because they are not happy or contented even after achieving their goals.

People use science and religion alternatively to achieve their goals. The same person, who uses intelligence extensively in the professional career, keeps it on hold when it comes to religious pursuit and accepts all the traditional faiths without questioning. The truth is all the religions have a perfectly logical and scientific basis, which is open to questioning by an inquisitive mind. Therefore, anyone who is capable of performing well in the professional life should be able to excel in the field of spirituality, which will lead to Joyful Living.

There is a link between science and religion. Science deals with our intelligent quest and religion with our emotional quest. These two quests cannot be solved independently, since the ultimate destination for both the quests is the same.

Intelligent Quest: From time immemorial man has always wanted to find out the origin and limits of the universe. He is striving to find the root cause for the entire creation and where we are heading. This eternal search is leading us into bigger mysteries rather than solving them.

Emotional Quest: Man is also trying to find out ways and means to live happily with complete security and peace. He wants to avoid all sorts of negative emotions and live joyfully. With progressive economic development and globalization initiatives, one is hoping to end this ever-elusive search soon. However, the end of the tunnel is not yet visible.

There is a link between this Intelligence Quest (science) and Emotional Quest (religion) which is not very obvious. That is the reason one needs a right teacher who can show this link. Once we understand this link, both our quests will end and our life will be transformed.

This course attempts to explain this link by discussing the nature and function of GOD. Following features make this course unique.

It does not prescribe or advocate any fixed ideas or beliefs

It deals with the 'here and now' aspect of our life and not with after-life.

It expects understanding on the part of the students and does not prescribe any dos and don'ts without logical reasoning.

Role of intelligence

Intelligence is defined as "The capacity to acquire and apply knowledge". High degree of intelligence is required to reach the goal of Joyful Living.

It is important for the student to approach this subject with an attitude of "What is in it for me?" He should primarily be interested in the benefit that is to be derived (removal of ignorance leading to Joyful Living) and not pursue this as a pass time activity or sheer intellectual exercise.

The students should validate the teaching through their own personal experience in life and then internalize it. Knowledge is transferred in a systematic process in this course and absorption of the knowledge is very essential at each step. This will require logical reasoning and analytical skills on the part of the student.

The students, irrespective of their religious background, are expected to have an open mind for investigation to find the ultimate truth. Holding on to any faith/ belief blindly, will be an obstacle.

The objective of this course is to enable the students reach the goal of Joyful Living. Mere reading and understanding this course will not bring about Joyful Living. This course is similar to a travel guide giving the route map and the details of the destination. After gaining sufficient understanding, one has to undertake the journey and reach the destination (of Joyful Living)

There is no requirement to change the life style or shift the priorities or focus in order to travel in this path. Everyone is free to continue their life as they do now with the right understanding of why they are doing what they are doing.

The understanding that every human being is doing the right thing and following the right path will be the result of this understanding. It is like a river flowing towards the sea. Every river will ultimately find the way to the destination. Nevertheless, if the site map is made available the river can reach the destination faster and more efficiently. This course offers that option.

Benefits of doing this course
1. This course will present hitherto unknown facts, which will appeal to any intelligent person. The logical analysis will make the reading very interesting.
2. There will be a paradigm shift in the way we look at the world after reading / understanding the contents of this module.
3. If the prescribed path is followed, the student will find the whole world as a theme park and life will turn into an eternal picnic
4. This course will serve as an illustrated road map to Joyful Living.

How the benefits will accrue:
1. The student should have an inquisitive mind and not be oriented towards getting a certificate at the end of the course.
2. The student should take the required time and effort to follow the route map suggested in this book and reach the destination of Joyful Living.

By following the path shown by this book, one can reach the destination of Joyful Living.
- As a person travels in the path towards Joyful Living, a crisis in life will start appearing as a problem and a problem in life will start appearing as just another situation, progressively.
- In the initial stages of the path, he will look forward to Monday as eagerly as he looks forward to the weekend.
- In the advanced stages of the path, he will not be tired of doing work. He will come back home as freshly as he left for work in the morning, since working will be joyful.
- On reaching the destination, he will have nothing to gain from the external world and consequently he will have no duties to perform. All his actions will have one single motive: Compassion and welfare of fellow human beings.
- He will love everyone and will hate no one.

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