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Swami Ranganathananda says: 'One may achieve all the comforts of life—house, education, clean surroundings, economic strength. and varieties of pleasures. Yet there will be no peace of mind because one has not known one's true Self, the spark of innate divinity. Your centre of gravity is always outside. You miss your true dignity and have become a slave of things. This race for materialistic pursuits causes inner tensions, crime and delinquency and slowly decay sets in. This can be avoided when we add the second value [[nivrtti (निवृत्ति)]] to life. Through [[nivrtti (निवृत्ति)]] one comes in touch with the ever present Divine within'<ref name=":0" />.  

Swami Ranganathananda says: 'One may achieve all the comforts of life—house, education, clean surroundings, economic strength. and varieties of pleasures. Yet there will be no peace of mind because one has not known one's true Self, the spark of innate divinity. Your centre of gravity is always outside. You miss your true dignity and have become a slave of things. This race for materialistic pursuits causes inner tensions, crime and delinquency and slowly decay sets in. This can be avoided when we add the second value [[nivrtti (निवृत्ति)]] to life. Through [[nivrtti (निवृत्ति)]] one comes in touch with the ever present Divine within'<ref name=":0" />.  

Swamiji further says: 'The more inward you go, the more you become capable of penetrating into other human beings, and establishing happy relations with them. When you go deeper into your inner nature, you go beyond the tiny ego controlled by the genetic system and come in contact with the larger Self which is the Self of all.  

Swamiji further says: 'The more inward you go, the more you become capable of penetrating into other human beings, and establishing happy relations with them. When you go deeper into your inner nature, you go beyond the tiny ego controlled by the genetic system and come in contact with the larger Self which is the Self of all'<ref name=":0" />.  

Thus, this combination of [[pravrtti (प्रवृत्ति)]], and [[nivrtti (निवृत्ति)]], of  [[अभ्युदय|abhyudaya (अभ्युदय)]] and [[nihsreyasa (नि:श्रेयस)]] contains a philosophy for total human development. Adi Sankara did not say that it is only for Hindus, or only for the people of India but for ''praninam'' - 'for all human beings'. That is its universality. By adding [[nihsreyasa (नि:श्रेयस)]] to [[अभ्युदय|abhyudaya (अभ्युदय)]] , the Gita prevents human being from becoming reduced to mere machines.

Thus, this combination of [[pravrtti (प्रवृत्ति)]], and [[nivrtti (निवृत्ति)]], of  [[अभ्युदय|abhyudaya (अभ्युदय)]] and [[nihsreyasa (नि:श्रेयस)]] contains a philosophy for total human development. Adi Sankara did not say that it is only for Hindus, or only for the people of India but for ''praninam'' - 'for all human beings'. That is its universality. By adding [[nihsreyasa (नि:श्रेयस)]] to [[अभ्युदय|abhyudaya (अभ्युदय)]] , the Gita prevents human being from becoming reduced to mere machines.

[[अभ्युदय|Abhyudaya]] and [[Nihsreyasa (नि:श्रेयस)|nihsreyasa]] together constitute the means for the maintenance of this world on an even keel. Stress one and neglect the other, it will tilt to one side or the other, like a boat. India in recent centuries tilted to nihsreyasa side, and neglected abhyudaya side. While the modern West tilted to [[अभ्युदय|abhyudaya]] side - the modern Western civilization is based entirely on [[Pravrtti (प्रवृत्ति)|pravrtti]] till now. By [[pravrtti (प्रवृत्ति)]] one achieves social welfare and material well-being. For being peaceful, harmonious, fulfilled, for having capacity to love people and to live in peace with them we need the blessing of [[nivrtti (निवृत्ति)]]. Gita teaches us how nivrtti (निवृत्ति) inspires [[pravrtti (प्रवृत्ति)]]. [[Nivrtti (निवृत्ति)|Nivrtti]] is required to stabilize and purify our thinking. It brings in the moral dimension and we ask questions to ourselves before any action - Why should we do this?

Swamiji further says: '[[अभ्युदय|Abhyudaya]] and [[Nihsreyasa (नि:श्रेयस)|nihsreyasa]] together constitute the means for the maintenance of this world on an even keel. Stress one and neglect the other, it will tilt to one side or the other, like a boat. India in recent centuries tilted to nihsreyasa side, and neglected abhyudaya side. While the modern West tilted to [[अभ्युदय|abhyudaya]] side - the modern Western civilization is based entirely on [[Pravrtti (प्रवृत्ति)|pravrtti]] till now'.  

 

By [[pravrtti (प्रवृत्ति)]] one achieves social welfare and material well-being. For being peaceful, harmonious, fulfilled, for having capacity to love people and to live in peace with them we need the blessing of [[nivrtti (निवृत्ति)]]. Gita teaches us how nivrtti (निवृत्ति) inspires [[pravrtti (प्रवृत्ति)]]. [[Nivrtti (निवृत्ति)|Nivrtti]] is required to stabilize and purify our thinking. It brings in the moral dimension and we ask questions to ourselves before any action - Why should we do this?