Way of Life Part 4

SR No.: 006516
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhadraguptasuri
Publisher: Vishvakalyan Prakashan Trust Mehsana
Publication Year: 1986
Total Pages: 430
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Religion
File Size: 17 MB

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DISCOURSE 79
Another gentleman narrated his experience thus, “I used to be always entangled in my business affairs. My wife used to be always engaged in social and cultural activities. We never paid any attention to our children. The consequence of our indifference has been dreadful. We do not know what to do. Our daughter has become intimate with a vagabond. She is so enamoured of him that she is not willing to discard that relationship. People have been talking about it. This affair has been going on for four years. We never thought that such a thing would happen". The husband and the wife decided to commit suicide. They were exhorted to get rid of their entanglements. Money is but money. He was mad after wealth but his daughter became really mad !
Now-a-days, the number of such mad people is on the increase. Ignobility has been increasing in the family-life of some people. In such families, there is no place for Dharma or culture. Ignobility and emotional aberrations have brought about many evil consequences. Those people have ignored Dharma and the importance of spiritual pursuits.
"Wealth is everything". This opinion has become pervasive in the present-day world. In this country, people have the opportunity of listening to and benefiting from the exhortations of thousands of sadhus and saints. But yet, how much prominence are people giving to money? Do not you experience the impact of the exhortation of noble people? The heart that thirsts after wealth, becomes unkind and cruel. The life of men who are blinded by the obsession for wealth becomes sinful. They do not remember their souls. They do not care to think of Dharma.
Such people neglect Dharma and even sensual pleasures and in consequence, they experience inordinate agonies and anguish. If those people are obdurate, they cannot also be persuaded to give up their harmful ways. At least, it will be all right if they can realise their mistakes after experiencing some bitter consequences. Otherwise, they will have to experience misery in this life and will ultimately fall into spiritual ruin.