Bondage and Freedom

Author(s): Chitrabhanu
Publisher: Divine Knowledge Society

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lessening suffering. But once they have become qualified doctors and start practising, their ideals change.
If the students are learning law, at the time of learning they have ideals of doing away with corruption, but once they have graduated, their minds change; they are in search of wealthy clients.
The reason behind acquiring degrees is money. How can we reconcile the greed for acquiring more and more wealth with the high ideals of service to humanity? .
No one is willing to present himself as he really is, to society. The presentation is different from reality. We hide our ambitions, our emotions. Here lies the friction between the outer self and the inner selfan unequal path of life.
The student, too, gave a typical reply to the sage's question, “After acquiring degrees I will start earning like others.”
The sage said, “All right, you will earn money, but have you set any limit to your earnings? What will be the maximum amount you will be satisfied with:"
This is another important question. What is the maximum amount for a man to earn to be satisfied with: A person who goes to a big city from his village to earn his living, has, in the beginning, a set
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