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Jnana Yagna (Sacrifice Weakness to Ignite the Fire of Knowledge)

by J Muthukumar

Katha Upanishad“What motivates the mind to fall for senses and emotions? What initiates thoughts, desire and greed? Why not are we content with wealth? How much money is adequate? Why do we suffer from alternating pairs of pleasure and pain, joy and sorrow, success and failure? Why are these worldly pleasures temporary? Why do we suffer in this life? Why is there evil in the world?What drives the life and body? What inspires me to speak, see or hear and feel an experience? Is there a consciousness? Is there God? Is there proof for the existence of God?What is the purpose of this life? What is death? Is there a life after death? Is rebirth real? Is the karma concept of cause and effect true?”.These are questions that are commonly asked by people today. If not all, at least few of such questions would have arisen in your mind at some point of time in life.Around 2,500 years back, similar questions were asked by deserving disciples to gurus i