संयम को सार्थक दिशा दें
अब तक संयम का एकांगी अर्थ ही समझा जाता रहा है – संयम अर्थात् शक्तियों के प्रवाह को रोकना। यदि शक्तियों के प्रवाह को रोका जाता रहे, पर उनका कोई उपयोग न किया जाए तो लाभ के स्थान पर हानी ही है।
नदियों का पानी बाँध बनाकर रोका जाये, न उससे सिंचाई का काम लिया जाये और न ही बिजली पैदा की जाए तो एकत्रित होता जा रहा पानी विनाश ही प्रस्तुत करेगा। संयम की अब तक जो एकांगी व्याख्या की जाती रही है, उसी कारण यह अव्यावहारिक सिद्ध होता जा रहा है, क्योंकि शक्तियों के प्रवाह को दिशा तो मिलनी ही चाहिए, न मिलेगी तो वह विपरीत परिणाम उपस्थित करेंगी। संयम का अर्थ शक्तियों के प्रवाह को निरर्थक और हानिकारक दिशा से रोक कर सार्थक और कल्याणकारी दिशा में लगाना है। संयम के इसी स्वरूप को जीवन में धर्म कर्तव्य बताया गया है।
-पं. श्रीराम शर्मा आचार्य
जीवन देवता की साधना-आराधना (२) – ४.३
Channelize self-control in a meaningful direction
So far self-control has been generally viewed in a very narrow sense to imply controlling or restraining the energy flow. But, if energies are only restrained but not utilised for any meaningful purpose, they would do more harm than good. For instance, a dam is built across a river to stop the water from flowing. But then if water is not utilised in irrigation or generating electricity, the continuously rising water would ultimately lead to a large-scale destruction.
As self-control had so far been widely looked at in a very limited sense (and hence wasn’t applied to its full potential), it failed to prove its usefulness since it is also equally important to channelize the saved energies in a meaningful direction, otherwise they would lead to untoward results rather than yielding benefits. The real meaning of self-control is to stop energies from getting wasted in worthless and harmful tasks and diverting them into a meaningful direction that is beneficial to all. This is indeed the very form of self-control which has been pointed out as being obligatory religious observance in life.
-Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya
Translated from – Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya’s work
Jeevan Devta Ki Sadhna Aradhana – page 4.3
Dear Gayatri Chinton,
Your recent messages, which are actually mini-essays on various subjects, have been extremely valuable for me in reviving my Hindi vocabulary.
This is the modern Hindi which has been overloaded with Sanskrit loan-words. I wonder if this kind of high-register language is being used in modern India in every-day use but it does have its literary value.
Please continue sending these messages to me.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Syed-Mohsin Naquvi
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