CONTINUITY-4.

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IN THE LIGHT OF WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR EXPLAINED, THE PRESENT AGE AND ITS PROBLEMS ARE NOT THE DESTINY OF OUR GENERATION, BUT THEY ARE THE UGLY BYPRODUCTS THROWN UP FROM OUR OWN WRONG THOUGHTS, FOUL MOTIVES, FALSE ACTIONS  AND THOUGHTLESS MISDEEDS. THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF THE PAST IS THE PRESENT.  TO MEET IT PROPERLY WILL BE THE INTELLIGENT SCHEME OF CREATING A HAPPIER AND PEACEFUL FUTURE.

THE ART OF CORRECTLY AND EFFICIENTLY MEETING THE PRESENT WITHOUT  BEING PREJUDICED BY THE PAST IS THE ART OF LIVING,CALLED RELIGION.

TO RENOUNCE OUR UNNECESSARY FEARS OF THE FUTURE, IS TRUE RENUNCIATION [TYAGA]; AND TO KEEP  OURSELVES AWAY FROM THE INFLUENCES OF THE PAST IS THE REAL DETACHMENT [SANYAS]. IN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS THUS A TRUE DETACHMENT AND RENUNCIATION IS THE BEST SEEKER, WHO ALONE CAN FACE THE PRESENT, WITH GODLY PERFECTION AND DIVINE EFFICIENCY. ALL TECHNIQUES OF LIVING WHICH CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS SUCH A HEALTHY WAY OF LIFE ARE CALLED "THE PATHS OF RELIGION".

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