But that is exactly what is MAYA; according to saints, who advise us to be steadfast in the practice of NAMASMARAN; even as the people continue in their activities; according to their stages of development; and the trillions of our body cells continue in anabolic and catabolic activities!

1. STRESS
PHALA
AND
MAYA
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. One of the major causes of stress; is inability to
cope with the failures, rejections, lack of any kind
of achievement in the form of effects, results,
fruits (phala) of our action. Failure are insulting
to our intellectual esteem, hurting to our deep
seated concerns or humiliating to our physical
dignity.
We feel hurt if our ideology, faith, love are
defeated; and besides us; our near and dear ones
are criticized. We get agitated even if our pets, our
possessions are underrated!
Thus not the poverty (deprivation), disease and
loss per se, but the implication that that we are
undeserving, incapable, lowly or sinners; causes
agony!
The “karma-phala-tyaga” i.e. detachment from
the result or fruit of our action; thus is actually;
the detachment; from our thoughts, emotions,
instincts and body; i.e. everything subjective or
personal (MAYA)!
The aphorism of the saints is that; the degree of
steadfastness and happiness in NAMASMARAN;
irrespective of any “result or fruit”, is the
indicator of the evolution, development, or

3. progress of a sadhaka. NAMASMARAN is
everything for them! Even the social dreams are
left to follow just as the day follows the sunrise!
But even as we talk about this ideal; most of us
(including leaders with a mission of a dream
society) appear to be motivated and engaged in a
variety of (constructive and destructive)
administrative, creative, artistic, technological,
intellectual activities; and vacillating between
pleasure and pain; with gains or losses and
successes and failures.
But that is exactly what is MAYA; according to
saints, who advise us to be steadfast in the practice
of NAMASMARAN; even as the people continue
in their activities; according to their stages of
development; and the trillions of our body cells
continue in metabolic and catabolic activities!