Pujya Ramsukhdasji Maharaj

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Pride of Being Wealthy

 

One is a wealthy man and another is one who is highly educated and

learned, these two have difficulty in spiritual attainment and

salvation. The wealthy man has pride in his wealth and the learned/

highly educated one has pride in his knowledge. Pride can be

harmful and damaging in all respects - " abhimaan dvesh

itvaadainyapriyatva acch. " Shri Goswamiji Maharaj has also said -

" samsrta moola soolprada naanaa sakala sauka daayaka abhimaanaa. "

(Manas, Uttarkaand, 74:3)

For pride is the root of metapsychosis and the cause of all kinds of

pain and every form of grief.

 

The main cause of birth and death is pride. " naanaa soolprada " -

not just one kind of pang of suffering, but pride is the cause of

various kinds of troubles and turmoils. On having pride of wealth

and knowledge, man does not pay heed to anyone. On having wealth,

he thinks that many great Souls and Scholars come to him, and obtain

alms - this gets to their head, which prevents the awakening of

devotion. The heart becomes hard and harsh. Again, this is not

necessarily a principle, however, in the past this has been the

observation. A poet has said a very extraordinary thing -

 

" andh ramaa sambandh te haut na acharaj koi

kamal nayana Narayana hu rahe sarp mein soi. "

 

Due to the relationship with Lakshmiji, man becomes blind, this is

not surprising. Bhagwaan's eyes are very big like Pundareekaaksh

Lotus. Even the Great One with such big eyes, went to sleep on the

snake. Those who have eyes, would not dare to put their foot on a

snake, whereas Bhagwaan went to sleep on a snake. What is the

reason? It is the relationship with Lakshmi. The relationship with

Lakshmi can cause many with very big eyes, to become blind. " Andh

mool baharo avash kamalaa nar hi kare, " - When Lakshmiji comes, she

makes man blind, deaf and dumb. This is not such a surprising

thing. The surprising thing is that - " Vish anujaa maarat na, bad

aavat acharaj eha " - on eating poison, a man dies, but even though

being the younger sister of Vish (Poison), she does not kill.

Inspite of being the sister of poison, on Lakshmiji's arrival even

though man could die, it is Her grace that saves them.

 

When a man becomes known and wealthy, then he does not listen to

anyone. He cannot see and he stops speaking. He is plugged with six

types of blockages. If some one calls out and says " Oh ! bestower

of food! we are in some difficulties, please have mercy, this is

our pitiful condition. " One has to be able to hears these things by

the ears, right? But he cannot listen. There are plugs in the

ears, now how can he listen? Similiarly due to two additional

blockages in the eyes - " sabal nirbal nahin boojhe. " " Fine and

punish him, penalize him by that much ! " " Oh Brother ! He is so

poor, how will be be able to pay the fine? " " Imprison him! " -

what is the effort in speaking those words ? And one more

blockage " Mukh maamya vipati kinaree nihin bujhe. " - are you

unhappy or happy, what are you, what is your condition like? Are

you undergoing any difficulties - such things he never asks. When

these blockages are opened up, then " saral bhaye sansaar " - he

becomes straight forward, honest and simple.