Equanimity Philosophy and Practice

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

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dependence on nature and he had to enter the field of earning The authority holding the reins of earning and accumulating also held the reins of power. In the modern age the progress of capitalism and imperialism flourished on this very arrangement based on individual control. in other words the wrongful use of wealth manifested in the form of above systems, of which the consequences are bursting forth in the shape of World war, human slaughter and economic exploitation.
So long as the use of wealth is confined to individual and it remains under the control of individual till then it will remain a cause of misuse (oppression), because it will inbibit him to proceed towards renunciation-it will be felt difficult to chop off his possessiveness, meum. Hence the significance of wealth be conjoined to the society and in it there should be no opportunity for an individual's free play of his economic ambitions, then it is possible the misuse of wealth can be eliminated.
Necessity of Making both Ends Meet :
After all, these experiments are external only and the external experiments can be successful only when internal ground level has been made suitable for the success of these experiments. Thread is spun from a spindle, and a cloth is manufactured from this spun thread which in turn can cover any naked body, but if some wicked person instead of spinning thread from the spindle, thrusts it into some body's eye then should we assume it to be the fault of the spindle ? A good natured man perceives virtues in a bad thing, but evil natured de-means to cause injury with even the best means.
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