स्वार्थ और परमार्थ का रहस्य (Demystifying the mystery of ‘self’-interest vs. ‘Self’-interest)

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स्वार्थ और परमार्थ का रहस्य

Demystifying the mystery of ‘self’-interest vs. ‘Self’-interest

स्वार्थ और परमार्थ में बहुत थोड़ा-सा अन्तर है । स्वार्थ उसे कहते हैं जो शरीर को तो सुविधा पहुँचाता हो पर आत्मा की उपेक्षा करता हो । चूँकि हम आत्मा ही हैं, शरीर तो हमारा वाहन या उपकरण मात्र है इसलिए वाहन या उपकरण को लाभ पहुँचे किन्तु स्वामी दु:ख पावे तो ऐसा कार्यक्रम मूर्खतापूर्ण ही कहा जाएगा । इसके विपरीत परमार्थ में आत्मा के कल्याण का ध्यान प्रधान रूप से रखा जाता है । आत्मा के उत्कर्ष होने से शरीर को सब प्रकार सुखी एवं सन्तुष्ट रखने वाली आवश्यक परिस्थितियाँ अपने आप उपस्थित होती रहती हैं, केवल अनावश्यक विलासिता पर ही अंकुश लगता है । फिर भी, यदि कभी ऐसा अवसर आयें कि शरीर को कष्ट देकर आत्मा को लाभ देना पड़े तो उसमें संकोच न करना ही बुद्धिमानी है, यही परमार्थ है । परमार्थ का अर्थ है परम स्वार्थ । -पं. श्रीराम शर्मा आचार्य युग निर्माण योजना - दर्शन, स्वरूप व कार्यक्रम-६६ (२.६८)

Literary speaking, there is a very little difference between the terms selfish self-interest and selfless Self-interest (apart from the subject each pertains to). Any action or thing that gives comfort to the body but ignores the soul can be regarded as selfish self-interest.  We are essentially the soul. The body is nothing but our (i.e. the soul’s) vehicle or instrument. Therefore, it would be indeed a great stupidity to do something which does good to the vehicle or the instrument at the cost of its owner! On the contrary, the prime focus of the selfless Self-interest would always be on the welfare of the soul. When the welfare of the soul is taken care of, it would automatically create all necessary situations that makes the body feel happy and gratified. Only thing that gets restrained is any unnecessary self-indulgence.  Whenever we happen to come across a situation wherein we may have to give some trouble to the body for the sake of doing good to the soul, we must do so without any hesitation which would be the only prudent option. This is exactly what is known as selfless Self-interest (parmaartha) which means the supreme (parama) Self-interest (swaartha).    -Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya Translated from - Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya’s work Yug Nirmaan Yojanaa: Darshan, swaroop va kaaryakram 66:2.68

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