We can define ‘sadness’ as “self-acquired depression that has a negative
effect on social setup”. It is just a relative term that differs from person to
person and from place to place. It causes out of dissatisfaction in the social
setup. It comes in human mind when one is jealousy to others development or
cannot appreciate other’s achievement or has revengeful attitude or is
disturbed in physical comfort or has feeling of comparison or has competent spirit
and above all is afraid of death. The above circumstances are related to
spiritual sadness.
The second kind of sadness is material sadness. It causes not by self,
but by others. This type of sadness comes in human when others affect his/her
pride. Everyone is a replica of the God, but the Godly quality has to be cultivated;
failing which one cannot be the God.
Similarly, the third kind of sadness is ADIDAIVIKA sadness, which is related to
natural objects. All the above types of sadness cause discomfort in human.
The above three kinds of sadness are broadly divided into two categories-
Sadness caused due to imbalance of
thought.
Sadness caused due to imbalance of
incidence.
Therefore, by balancing thought wave and by developing non-attachment
attitude one can reduce his sadness. Besides that one can reduce sadness by
avoiding bad company, by developing proper judgment capacity, by not working
beyond capacity and above all by being attentive to his/her own life.
