The distinction between knowledge and ignorance starts with the hymns of the RigVeda, where knowledge means being conscious of the Truth and what is right, and ignorance is being unconscious of the Truth and what is right, opposing it and creating false or negative effects.
For there are two other causes, besides exertion, that lead to success. Whether there is success or failure, one should not despair, because success in actions depends on the union of many circumstances.
This is the nature of the mind: even when we provide ourselves with the best physical comforts, our mind still yearns for more and thinks negatively because desires are endless and eternal.
Ananda is a state of supreme bliss, the joy of pure conscious existence and energy, as opposed to a life controlled by external sensations and emotions, which are subject to the whims of life and matter, and their positive and negative reactions, such as joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain.
"Now everything is fine with me because the merciful Lord of Kosala has blessed me with His presence, understanding the distress of His servant, and has taken my hand just when I was drowning in the ocean of despair."
Never surrender to passion, anger, jealousy, arrogance, or infatuation, not even in your dreams. Abandon all negative feelings and serve them with your mind, words, and actions.
However, dirges that increase sorrow for the dead are not lawful, for it is written in the Koran, 'Do not despair over what you have lost.'
It cannot be denied that such actions, even if done by people under the influence of negative emotions, can still be considered righteous.
Goodness encompasses all the higher moral qualities of a person. Passion refers to love, affection, and other emotions related to worldly objects. Darkness represents anger, lust, and other such negative tendencies.
Sorrow, anger, covetousness, lust, ignorance, laziness, malice, self-importance, continuous desire for gain, affection, jealousy, and evil speech - these twelve faults are destructive of men's lives.
Happiness and misery, abundance and scarcity, gain and loss, life and death - all these are experienced by everyone in due time. Therefore, a self-controlled person should neither be overly happy in joy nor despair in sorrow.
A person who commits sin is overcome by its negative consequences, while a virtuous person, by practicing virtue, achieves great happiness.
Three things that are destructive to oneself and are the gates of hell are: lust, anger, and greed.
A person with a pure mind, who has purified their heart, can eliminate the positive and negative effects of their actions and attain eternal bliss through the enlightenment of their inner spirit.
Only cowards, who are unable to regain their prosperity, cling to despair, which is futile and destroys one's goals.
Contentment and pride are both destructive of prosperity, as are compassion and fear.
And each, overwhelmed with dark despair, will beat his head and tear his hair.
If no leader dares to attempt this task, we will all be left with nothing but utter despair, lying helpless and miserable on the ground, destined to die.
And after all the hard work, pain, and struggles, we are still filled with misery and deep despair.
Then Tara spoke softly to cheer up the Vánars, whose hearts were oppressed by fear: 'Do not despair, dispel your doubts, come and live in this spacious cave, where we can live in blissful ease.'