A letter to my brother..
Dear Shivam, Under the Vedic ashram system for every man to achieve the four aims in life namely Dharma (Righteousness), Artha (Wealth), Kama (Pleasure) and Moksha (Liberation) he has to go through different developmental stages in his life which focus only on one or two of these aims at a time. This ensures your complete attention to what should be important to you at that point of your life. As per these Vedic guidelines the aims for the stage of life called Tarunayauvana which extends from age 20 - 29 are Dharma and Artha in that order. Dharma and Artha may sound very philosophical to you but let me elucidate. Dharma in Sanskrit means "a law or rule that maintains the universal balance", for you as a student Dharma is to make the best possible efforts to ensure that you set yourself up for a good future for yourself and for your loved ones and achieve Artha i.e. wealth in life. The reason I wanted to share this with you is to make you understand that at this point in ...
