History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c96.s2.112

v7.c96.s2.112

The above lines would only briefly illustrate how we would have to proceed if we want an emotional integration of all our countrymen, particularly on the social and religious plane. But we must not forget what the foundation of our culture and civilization has been throughout the past ages. Ancient sages laid the foundation by insisting upon this that there is and must be harmony between man's spirit and the spirit of the world and man's endeavour should be to realize in his actions and in his life this harmony and unity.²⁶⁵⁹ The Upaniṣads teach that man gains by giving up (by renunciation) and exhorts man not to covet another's wealth (Īśopaniṣad I 'tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā mā gṛdhaḥ kasya svid dhanam').