REALISING LIFE: A Conversation
Life and its attractions hold tremendous sway and prevent one from investigating why one has come to live in this world. If this is analysed in the proper way, then the subtle truths of one’s existence are likely to be revealed in one’s consciousness. The conversation between Yagnyavalkya (the sage) and Maitreyi (his first wife) in the Brihadharanyaka Upanishad illustrates this. The sage says he wishes to renounce the world and begin a life of meditation in solitude. He wishes to divide his property between his two wives, Maitreyi and Katyayani. Maitreyi wants to know if the whole earth belonged to her with all its wealth, would she be able to attain immortality through its possession. Yagnyavalkya says wealth and riches can certainly confer a comfortable life; but these are not capable of granting liberation from the cycle of birth. None can hope to gain immortality through wealth. Maitreyi has no need for such wealth. She wishes to be instructed ...

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