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Vayarsen tried to contradict him and
said:
"Then do you mean that properties. and wealth have no importance in life? If so, why do people make attempts to save themselves from difficulties and to
acquire wealth ?"
Amarsen explained :
"Every thing has its own importance. But it is not correct to give to a thing more importance than what it deserves. or to give importance to some one thing. which some other thing diserves. I remember one preaching-Prosperity is a great teacher but adversity is a still greater teacher.
Adversity beats its hands, slowly and. slowly on our mind, trains it and makes. it strong. What you consider to be prosperity or splendour is nothing but artificial poverty. On the contrary, contentment alone is the natural wealth."
"Vayarsen! One fact is an eternal truth in the cases of prosperity and adver
