Good Fortune through Proper Use
(Sadupyog se Kalyaan)
Shree Hari
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This is about a gentleman in Calcutta who was a business man and a trader. He used to say that why do rich people not come for satsang? They have so much money that even if they sit around and eat, their wealth will not be exhausted. Then, why do the not come for satsang? He repeatedly said so. Now he too has a lot of money, and he too has stopped coming for satsang. Now he does not get time for satsang. I asked him, before you used to comment on the rich men not making time for satsang but, now you yourself are not coming, why? He replied - How can I come? The business has grown significantly, and I don't get the time.
As the water increases in a lake, proportionately increases the mud and the slime. First it is less, then it becomes more. As the money grows, so does the poverty grow. But, man never pay attention to this. He never thinks about this. An ordinary man is hungry for hundred or thousand rupees, but a man who has thousand, is hungry for lacs. A millionaire is hungry for several millions. As the wealth increases, the hunger for it also increases. An ordinary man is not hungry for millions. But no one looks towards that. They only see that they have acquired lots of money and are enjoying.
Brothers, pay attention! One does not need a lot of money. However much of money you have, utilize that itself in the best of best possible work as this will lead to many virtues. It is not a rule that the more the money that you acquire, that many more virtuous deeds you will incur. However much is your strength, however much you can spend, by spending that much you will be benefited. A rich man will spend a lot, then he will be benefited. An ordinary man will spend a little and will be benefited.
Yuddhishtir Maharaj performed a very big Yagna (sacrificial fire ceremony). He kept Duryodhan, his enemy, in charge of the treasury, so that the more he loots, the greater will be the sacrificial ceremony. Nowadays, people keep very miserly people in charge of the treasury. A miserly person will be a disgrace. Duryodhan gave ten times the amount of money, by which there were praises from all directions. The Brahmins were praising! Saying Yuddhistir Maharaj has perform an exceptional "yagya". During that time a mongoose came there and said in human language that in this forest he saw a "yagya" performed by a Brahmin family, and this yagya is nothing in comparison to that one. He asked what did you see? The mongoose said - A pure Brahmin, his wife, son and daughter-in-law, these four were living in that forest. The Brahmin's nature was on of sacrifice. They make do with the bare necessities. After the fields are harvested, the Brahmins take possession of the grains that fall on the earth after the harvest. This family sustained their lives from picking up those grains. (to be continued)
Ram Ram
From book in Hindi - "Bhagwaan mein Apnaapan" by Swami Ramsukhdasji
This is about a gentleman in Calcutta who was a business man and a trader. He used to say that why do rich people not come for satsang? They have so much money that even if they sit around and eat, their wealth will not be exhausted. Then, why do the not come for satsang? He repeatedly said so. Now he too has a lot of money, and he too has stopped coming for satsang. Now he does not get time for satsang. I asked him, before you used to comment on the rich men not making time for satsang but, now you yourself are not coming, why? He replied - How can I come? The business has grown significantly, and I don't get the time.
As the water increases in a lake, proportionately increases the mud and the slime. First it is less, then it becomes more. As the money grows, so does the poverty grow. But, man never pay attention to this. He never thinks about this. An ordinary man is hungry for hundred or thousand rupees, but a man who has thousand, is hungry for lacs. A millionaire is hungry for several millions. As the wealth increases, the hunger for it also increases. An ordinary man is not hungry for millions. But no one looks towards that. They only see that they have acquired lots of money and are enjoying.
Brothers, pay attention! One does not need a lot of money. However much of money you have, utilize that itself in the best of best possible work as this will lead to many virtues. It is not a rule that the more the money that you acquire, that many more virtuous deeds you will incur. However much is your strength, however much you can spend, by spending that much you will be benefited. A rich man will spend a lot, then he will be benefited. An ordinary man will spend a little and will be benefited.
Yuddhishtir Maharaj performed a very big Yagna (sacrificial fire ceremony). He kept Duryodhan, his enemy, in charge of the treasury, so that the more he loots, the greater will be the sacrificial ceremony. Nowadays, people keep very miserly people in charge of the treasury. A miserly person will be a disgrace. Duryodhan gave ten times the amount of money, by which there were praises from all directions. The Brahmins were praising! Saying Yuddhistir Maharaj has perform an exceptional "yagya". During that time a mongoose came there and said in human language that in this forest he saw a "yagya" performed by a Brahmin family, and this yagya is nothing in comparison to that one. He asked what did you see? The mongoose said - A pure Brahmin, his wife, son and daughter-in-law, these four were living in that forest. The Brahmin's nature was on of sacrifice. They make do with the bare necessities. After the fields are harvested, the Brahmins take possession of the grains that fall on the earth after the harvest. This family sustained their lives from picking up those grains. (to be continued)
Ram Ram
From book in Hindi - "Bhagwaan mein Apnaapan" by Swami Ramsukhdasji
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