Equanimity Philosophy and Practice

Author(s): Nanesh Acharya
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan

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craziuess is swelling beyond limit. The Indian philosophical scriptures have compared greediness to Vaitarni-River, that river which has no end. One may go on swimming and swimming, there is no shore, no bank, a western philosopher with this very view has dubbed a man to be a wolf on account of his selfish nature. This uncontrolled tendency of desirefulness expands itself to wider range becoming more and more dangerous.
In the present age the limits of self-contentment have given way and intense greediness is prevailing. One who possesses nothing, wants to achieve something due to necessity, but one who possesses something sufficient, is turning insane to procure more and continues to procure. As much he procures, his cupidity widens several-fold and then after neglecting all his duties he aspires to acquire still more. He continues to acquire for himself or in other words he goes on plundering, then the plunder of a powerful man results in wantonness of thousands. In this way the world of disproportionateness is becoming acute today.
Today a man is in-sane in the lust of riches, is intoxicated after the ambition of power, is blackening his inner self to gain reputation, say even false reputation. In all places he has learnt to obtain for himself-voluptuousness has become his primary duty, his faith in relinquishment is being lost, and this is the root cause of all unevenness. For this very reason today's trade and profession have deviated from the line of morality and are being made the means of exploitation and oppression. Maximum riches accumulate in a few hands and more hands remain with minimum. The result is that some opulent persons are at the precipice of luxuries, while a majority of people is at the precipice of extinction,
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