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We never inquire into the matter, we never halt in our mad pursuit and ask ourselves whether we really need certain things. 'Others have these things, why should I not have them" that's how we resent what we have and seek what we have not And then like a deer, heated by the chase, we are goaded to go after what ultimately proves a mirage Attracted by this false show, we are going astray from the centre of our circumference that we forget The end is ashes and despair.
One wish fulfilled, leads to the other and then to another We go halfway and then return to take another route, because we see others are going that way People thus throw away their gifts and talents after unfufilled desires A million, then ten million, then why not a billion? There is no end to this mounting desire till death ends all
It is but easy to see that one cannot be happy as long as one does not have the sense of fulfilment You start with a wrong notion of happiness You believe that money is everything Well, if you possess all the treasures of Kuber maharaj, you'll still be unhappy You may find your way to the den of the robbers of Ah Baba's Tale You may have all the things there which gratify the senses-money and all that money can procure, fame and name, power and authority, and to complete the list, loving wife and children And yet .
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