First area of life {artha} is material possessions, means of getting them, and needs and desires for them. Artha knowledge allows prosperity and survival against world dangers. Kings especially need artha.
Arthasastra is Scriptural Texts of government. Arthasastra involves negotiation, aggression, bribery, treason, distrust, trickery, neglect, and proper tactics. Mandala of friends and enemies is an arthasastra principle. Enemies surround people. Around enemies is circle of friends. Enemies surround circle of friends, and so on. Circles keep everything in balance.
The third area of human life {dharma, Sanskrit} is religious and moral duties. People can assimilate into society by playing their roles perfectly, without personality. People can follow laws exactly, with no choices to make. Social order depends on people performing their duties and roles. In this way, people can follow universal law and so gain virtue. People can live their lives as service to the One. People must do crafts in traditional ways. Crafts have gods. First books about dharma described Vedic-school social, ritual, and religious practices.
Desire {kama} is second area of life. Kama is about pleasure and love.
Release {moksa, Hinduism} is the fourth area of human life. Moksa includes apavarga or completion, nivrtti or repose and passivity, and nirvrtti or bliss. Moksa is about redemption and spiritual release, which is life's final and ultimate aim. The first three areas of life are pursuits of the world. Moksa is release from world. Knowing or being conscious is knowledge of unified and true world.
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