Every person leads the life with certain basic desires or human aspirations as a driving force called Purushãrtha. These determine all our thoughts and actions. The most important one of the aspirations is performing the duties they are created for, following the Divine law that holds the universe called Dharma. They all desire and seek material benefits and prosperity called Artha as also some pleasures and happiness in living called Kãma. For normal living and sustenance of life in the universe, Artha and Kãma are also necessary. One is expected to achieve these material benefits and pleasures within the rules of Divine laws. So long as these Artha and Kãma are within the natural Dharma, they are acceptable. They should not get any greed, lust, abnormal desires, wrongful pleasures of hurting others or work against the established natural Divine laws. Unnatural desires lead to attachment and greed and then to anger and grief, causing bad effects of Karma. This will cause an impression of impurity on the Soul.

When the individual soul [Jivãtma] is covered by such Karma with desires of anger, greed and lust and is covered by the upãthis, it becomes Jiva [life]. This leads to repeated rebirths to wash off the effects to purify it self. Rebirths occur not only due to bad Karma but also due to good Karma. Every soul may have to be reborn certain number of times until it becomes fully self realized and achieve Jñãna or true knowledge of the Supreme truth of Its formless state. Doing proper Karma and studying the texts will elevate the soul to good births but these alone will not lead to liberation. Only obtaining this true knowledge through spiritual insight and realization of the identity of the individual soul with the supreme Brahman through devotion or Bhakthi will lead to liberation from the cycle of samsara or rebirth to achieve Swarga or Moksha.

The main aspiration of a Hindu is to live a life of purity and simplicity with a sense of Justice, follow the proper Dharma and believe in one's Karma. The goal is to attain liberation, to a state of freedom from pain and sufferings and to reach Swarga or the abode of the Divine with absolute peace and to attain Moksha or the ultimate liberation from the cycle of rebirths. The religion gives to a Hindu a certain peace and tranquility of mind in both prosperity and in adversity, courage to face the problems in his life and a definite vision of his ultimate spiritual destiny. In the course this path, some get a state of passion, greed, lust and attachment to ordinary pleasures and material possessions that distract them from the proper path of Dharma or the universal Divine law.