What pleasures can the Universe vouchsafe for him who looks upon it as a prison house ? What beauty can the sun , the moon , the stars and other objects present to him who thinks that sheer misfortune has brought him to this life , which , the sooner comes to an end , the better ? Will he like to pray that this life of prison be lengthened ? Will he pray that others in the form of sons , grandsons and friends should also come and share with him the miseries of imprisonment ? Who among the most foolish of prisoners , is such a fool that , when destined to imprisonment might request the jail authorities to drag with him to the prison house , his family and friends ? "

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These two paragraphs are excerpted from the booklet -- "The Vedic View of Life" .
In this booklet the learned author has concisely and precisely shown that pessimism is caused by Shankar's mayavad and is nowhere to be seen in the Vedas .

He states - "One hardly finds any significant progress , invention , discovery , or adventures or achievements during the past few centuries . In fact , nothing that can be the sign of wakefulness have been achieved by Indians" - And he further reasons - "Just as a magician spreads his magic pieces before an audience and the spectators though amused never care to get either his fruits or coins , just so an Indian sage thinks that the world before him is the work of a great magician who shows this or that either to amuse or delude him . With the conception of life he develops an attitude of complete indifference to the world , its problem and welfare ."

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The book is authored by Pt. Ganga Prasad Upadhyay .

Editor - Shri Bhavesh Merja

Publisher - Arya Samaj , Bharuch

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