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Anantha Krishna <ankruRe :

pursuit of wealth

Tue, 06 Jul 1999 16:24:30 PDTMIME-Version: 1.0

Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowedMani's question

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>Here's the bottom line question: is a detached,

unmaterialistic

>life religiously necessary? Is it possible? If so,

how does one

>go about it? To what extent should one pursue wealth,

if one

>is truly desirous of liberation?

It is clear that our karmas bind us into this life(s)

and to overcomethis

karma we have to surrender to HIM through HIS grace to

get HIS grace.We are

here to get rid of this bondage and also avoid actions

which can causethis

bondage again. Surrendering is an act of a soul and

the result is HISgrace.

After we completely surrender, our actions must be

such that it willnot

result in accumulating more karmas which can result in

another bondage.

Having done this surrendering act of the soul and

realizing what cancause

accumulation of karma (bondage), accepting wealth

worth your actions isnot

a sin. You are not involved in an act which

accumulates karma if thiswealth

earned is worth your actions. There is no wrong in

earning more if your

actions are worth the wealth you get and these actions

do not involvein any

act which may be a cause for bondage. By this you know

what you deserveand

also have your soul focused on achieving its ultimate

goal through HIS

grace. The soul should never get involved in the

actions of acquiringwealth

but should just act as a police avoiding actions which

can causebondage.

This controlled actions of the body to acquire the

wealth it deserves,

should not distract the soul from its crave for HIS

grace which is what

causes misery and distress.

regards,

AnanthaKrishna

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Mani:

Here's the bottom line question: is a detached,

unmaterialistic

>life religiously necessary? Is it possible? If so,

how does one

>go about it? To what extent should one pursue wealth,

if one

>is truly desirous of liberation?

 

Like science has taught us, every action has an equal

and opposite reaction. And we're also taught to study

the cause and effect.

Albert Einstein had to repent for his "contribution"

to mankind after his idea was (mis)used for making the

atom bomb.

In this world of "Karma" it is not always possible to

do something beneficial to mankind and at the same

time look into personal gains. And when do we decide

that we benefited enough or our actions have benefited

the world enough?

Yudhishtira was supposed to have passed through hell

(though for a brief period) for his "Ashwatthamo hatha

Kunjara" But the other question there is, will he not

have surrendered at the feet of Lord KRISHNA and why

was he not granted "Moksha" directly? Maybe this story

is wrong since I cannot, at this point, attach the

text that purports this.

 

Godsend people like Alavandar had someone to remind

him of where he actually belongs and what his mission

was.

Do we wait for someone to do the same to us but after

we've had some life of a king like him?

We all know Lakshmi belongs to Narayana but I

certainly cant think of total surrendrence to Narayana

until Lakshmi has bestowed me with enough material

wealth. Why am I a freak Sri Vasihanava craving for

Lakshmi's grace in more ways than one?

 

By exhausting my quota of "karmas" that I have carried

forward but at the same time trying to reap material

benefits out of it, I am only going to earn more

"Karmas" in turn.

Do we set a limit for ourselves with our goals well

defined? But then if only we could predict what

tomorrow holds for us in order to do all this...

 

Akinchana,

Balaji

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