THE INDIGENOUS APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING SORROW AND ITS ELIMINATION

The present paper takes up the case of sorrow, or discontentment and a ttempts to go into its etiology in the light of the Indian religious a nd philosophical content. Indian philosophers observe that happiness, pleasure or suffering and sorrow being connected with worldly events, situation or persons are transitory. Realizing to be part of the >>Unl imited Self<< enables a person to develop a peaceful mind and state. T he author presents possible reasons of sorrow and describes its manage ment in detail. One important aim of managing sorrow is the inner tran sformation of a person in order to relieve human suffering.