Solved Exercise for Precis writing with Title “Truth and Salvation” for Class 10, Class 12 and Graduation and other classes.

Passages with Solved Precis

To tread the path of philosophy is to seek after truth and follow a way of life. Before a man sets out on the quest after truth, he must fulfil certain conditions. First, there must be discrimination between the real and the unreal. The statement means, not that a man must possess complete knowledge of absolute reality, which is attained only after long practice of meditation, but that he must unfailingly subject the nature of things to a rigid analysis by discriminating between what is transitory and what is abiding or between what is true and what is false. The second condition is detachment from the selfish enjoyments of life. The aspirant must learn that the highest good is realised not through worldly pleasure, but through a continuous search for the infinite, the enduring joy. This ideal of renunciation must be realised by a gradual purification of the seeker’s heart and mind. A third condition is that the student must acquire tranquillity of mind, self-control, patience, poise, burning faith in things of the spirit and self-surrender. These are called the six treasures of life. The thirst for release is the fourth condition. Deliverance from spiritual darkness, entrance upon the path of illumination comes only through annihilation of the false ego. When the ego dies, all troubles cease says Sri Ramakrishna. Such a condition of being does not imply the loss of one’s individuality but rather the attainment of a great individuality, for we can lose nothing that is real. Kalidasa, the great poet and dramatist, has beautifully expressed this truth. He says that the ideal of renunciation consists in owning the whole world disowning one’s own self.

Precis

Title:-Truth and Salvation

The path of philosophy implies a constant search of the truth. A real understanding of truth demands certain qualities. The seeker must be capable of distinguishing between real and unreal, temporary and lasting things. He must realise that highest truth and salvation cannot be achieved through worldly comforts but through their renunciation. This ideal needs a constant search of the lasting joys. He must do away with his false ego. With ego’s death many troubles automatically fade away. By disowning his own self, he can own the whole world.