Kama doesn't need to be eliminated completely. It needs to be controlled, as per the Dharma, to be followed by a householder is a must for societal order, and slowly, and slowly through penance (tapas) in the form of vows, sacrifices, charity, fasts, etc. it need to be overcome. Even, so then Kama is difficult to vanquish or eliminate completely, for an average person, for kama (desires) is ...
Dharma, artha, kama and moksa are the four purusarthas, the four aims of life. The first of them, dharma, is a lifelong objective. The pursuit of artha (material welfare) and kama (desire, love) must be given up at a certain stage in a man's life. But so long as such a pursuit lasts, it must be based on dharma. When a man renounces the world and becomes an ascetic, he transcends dharma, but he ...
How is kama one of the four aims of life (purusharth) and also ... - sin
I never heard this story before, but I'm curious to know about this. Why Shiva burnt kamadeva (Manmadha) to ashes? What is the story behind it?
The interdependence between the dharma (virtue), artha (wealth) and kama (pleasure) can be understood well form the words of Bhimasena in Mahabharata. Note that the words of Chanakya are mainly intended for a Kshatriya and hence my answer is. I will divide my answer into two parts. First part addresses the dependence of dharma on artha and the second part addresses the dependence of kama on ...
What does Chanakya impliy when he says "Dharma" and "Kama" depends on ...