Why This Contradiction?

so severe that I had to return at once. I got back to Srinagar. I was to have dinner at somebody’s house, and several people had been invited. When I reached the venue, my head hurt so badly that I could not attend the dinner. The same predicament arises with all other pleasures. Man earns wealth, obtains power, marries according to his choice, builds a grand house, accumulates many luxuries, etc. However, after having achieved all this, he realizes that there is a decisive obstacle in deriving complete and continuous satisfaction from any pleasurable thing. Even if he has all the comforts and luxuries, and material things he desires, he still fails to obtain complete and long-lasting joy and peace. Man’s desire for material comforts and luxuries is unlimited. However, to use these comforts, he has only a limited capacity. This limitation is always a barrier between man and the objects of pleasure. Even after obtaining everything that he desires, man remains frustrated. Man’s bodily weakness, the decline in vitality with advancing age, sickness, accidents, and