Life And Death - Divergent Views
With regard to life and death, there are divergent views. People in the Western world believe in the philosophy of hedonism. The purpose of life, according to them, is eating, drinking and mating. In the West, death is considered as a tragedy. An "untimely" death, before the age of 80 or 90 years, is a grave tragedy! Westerners are not able to easily overcome grief over the death of their loved ones. Generally they continue to suffer interminably. However in the Eastern World, especially India, people believe that life is something which has to be endured for one's "karmas" (physical or mental actions) in one's previous births. In the Eastern philosophy, life is nothing but अज़ाब (divine punishment for the sins committed in the previous births). Unlike Western philosophy, Eastern philosophy opines that the sole and ultimate objective of human life is to get freedom from the cycle of life and death. To eternally merge oneself with the Supersoul and