This document discusses the concept of Purushartha, which are the four aims of life in Hinduism - Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha. It explains that fulfilling these four aims allows one to live a purposeful and blissful life. Dharma refers to righteous living and duties. Artha means acquiring wealth and resources. Kama is the satisfaction of desires. And Moksha is final liberation or release from the cycle of life and death. The document also notes that these four aims of life are hierarchical, with Dharma being the foremost aim to achieve fulfillment and sustain society.

1. PURUSHARTHA – THE WAY TO LIVE
BLISSFUL LIFE
Purushartha – “The Way
to Live Blissful Life”
Dr. Ravindra Pathak
Email: rpmgt11@gmail.com

2. HAPPINESS IN LIFE

3. REALLY HAPPY?

4. PURUSHĀRTHA – THE FOUR AIMS OF
LIFE
पुरूषार्थ = पुरूष + अर्थ
PURUSH MEANS HUMAN BEING AND ARTHA
MEANS OBJECTIVE
 Purushartha is purpose/objective of life. By
fulfilling Purushartha, man gets fulfillment for
life as well as sustains the society.
 There are four Purusharthas:
 Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha.
 Purusharthas means that for which a person
strives for. It implies our goals of life. It is
extremely important that our goals of life should
be very clear.

5. PURUSHĀRTHA – THE FOUR AIMS OF LIFE
Bhagavad
Gita
Karm
(Action)
Bhakti
(Devotion)
Gyan
(Knowledge)

6. UNDERSTANDING THE HIERARCHY
Reins - Mind
Horses - Senses
Passenger -
Soul
Driver -
Intelligence

7. VED = KNOWLEDGE

8. VED AND PURUSHARTHA
 Rig-Veda Dharma
 Sama-Veda Kama
 Yajur-Veda Moksha
 Atharva-Veda Artha

9. PURUSHĀRTHA – THE FOUR AIMS OF LIFE
Kama
MokshaDharma
Artha

10. PURUSHĀRTHA – THE FOUR AIMS OF
LIFE
 Brahmin
 Vaish
 Kshatriya
 Shudra
 Brahmcharya Ashram
 Grihastha Ashram
 Vanprastha Ashram
 Sanyas Ashram
Social Class Life Stages

11. PURUSHĀRTHA – THE FOUR AIMS OF LIFE
Kama
MokshaDharma
Artha

12. PURUSHĀRTHA – THE FOUR AIMS OF
LIFE - DHARMA
 The word Dharma has wide implications, and no
English word does full justice to it, yet in the
context of our discussion we can say that Dharma
implies a conscientious, orderly & holistic living.
 In short, Dharma means discharge of our duties
and responsibilities with due diligence.

13. PURUSHĀRTHA – THE FOUR AIMS OF
LIFE – ARTHA
 Artha – acquiring wealth and resources, the
means to attain your purpose and live a happy
life.
 Money is the most important worldly resource to
provide us some security, so that's what people
want money.

14. PURUSHĀRTHA – THE FOUR AIMS OF
LIFE – KAMA
 Kama – satisfaction of desires; the pleasure of
attaining your purpose and fulfilling your
dharma.
 Acquired some money, got some security the
next step for everyone is to use this money for
our comforts, enjoyments & fulfilling our duties,
desires & responsibilities.

15. PURUSHĀRTHA – THE FOUR AIMS OF
LIFE – MOKSHA
 Moksha –final liberation; the ability to let go (e.g.
a purpose once completed).
 Every person wants security & happiness, and
thus should learn the secrets of Artha & Kama,
which are the means to acquire relative security
& pleasure in the life.

16. PURUSHARTHA – THE WAY TO LIVE
BLISSFUL LIFE
 Tapa
 Swaddhyay
 Sanyam

17. उत्साहो बलवानार्थ नस्तत्र्ुत्साहात् परं बलं।
सोत्साहस्तर्हह लोके षु न ककञ्चिदपप दुलथभं ॥
Utsaaho balavaanaarya naastyutsaahaat param
balam
Sotsaahasya hi lokeshu na kinchidapi durlabham.
4.1.121 (Ramayana)
Enthusiasm has great strength. There is no
greater strength than enthusiasm. There is
nothing which is not attainable in this world for
the enthusiastic.

18. THANKS