Chanda Munda Patnaik Reward Points : 19100 Member Since : Wednesday, February 11, 2009
What is the essential element in Kamasutra? Is it just all about Kama or a rather eloquent unification of Dharma, Artha & Kama ?
Posted On : 3/25/2009 6:01:20 AM
Anvaya Reward Points : 15200 Member Since : Saturday, January 12, 2008
Chapter II of Kamasutra talks about the unification of Dharma Artha and Kama According to Kamasutra Dharma is the obedience to the command of the Holy Scriptures of the Hindus to do certain things, such as the performance of sacrifices and not to do other things, such as eating meat. Artha is the acquisition of arts, land, gold, cattle, wealth, equipages and friends. It is, further, the protection of what is acquired and the increase of what is protected. Artha should be learnt from those people, who may be versed in the ways of commerce. Kama is the enjoyment of appropriate objects by the five senses of hearing, feeling, seeing, tasting and smelling, assisted by the mind together with the soul. Kama is to be learnt from the Kama Sutra aphorisms on love and from the practice of citizens. The ingredient in this is a peculiar contact between the organ of sense and its object, and the consciousness of pleasure, which arises from that contact, is called Kama.
Posted On : 3/26/2009 1:32:30 AM
Maniam PS [Guru] Reward Points : 137200 Member Since : Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Some Indian philosophies following the four main goals of life , known as the purusharthas: 1 . Dharma: Virtuous living. 2 . Artha: Material prosperity. 3 . Kama: Aesthetic and erotic pleasure. 4 . Moksha: Liberation. Dharma, Artha and Kama are aims of everyday life, while Moksha is release from the cycle of death and rebirth. The Kama Sutra Burton translation says: Dharma is better than Artha, and Artha is better than Kama. But Artha should always be first practised by the king for the livelihood of men is to be obtained from it only. Again, Kama being the occupation of public women, they should prefer it to the other two, and these are exceptions to the general rule. Kama Sutra 1.2.14 Of the first three, virtue is the highest goal, a secure life the second and pleasure the least important. When motives conflict, the higher ideal is to be followed. Thus, in making money virtue must not be compromised, but earning a living should take precedence over pleasure, but there are exceptions. In childhood, V tsy yana author of kamasutra says, a person should learn how to make a living youth is the time for pleasure, and as years pass one should concentrate on living virtuously and hope to escape the cycle of rebirth. The Kama Sutra is sometimes wrongly thought of as a manual for tantric sex. While sexual practices do exist within the very wide tradition of Hindu tantra, the Kama Sutra is not a tantric text, and does not touch upon any of the sexual rites associated with some forms of tantric practice.
Dharma Artha And Kama In Kamasutra
