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at peace. Not only his eyes, even his heart was unaffected by the fact that he had lost all his wealth. The friend asked him, “Aren't you depressed?” He replied, “All the necessities like air, water and speech are still available to me today. Liveliness and freshness are still flowing through my entire body. My limbs are as strong as before. My eyesight has not lost its power. My life is filled with ample natural wealth and prosperity. There is not a blot on my good character. Then why should there be any distress?”
The root, the trunk, the branches are all very safe. Why worry if a few leaves fell off?
When there is an issue of life and death, it can relate only to life. Undoubtedly, life is very precious in comparison to mundane things, like wealth and status. Does this need further explanation? It is very clear that to play around with one's health for the sake of wealth is unwise.
In the end, the person who safeguards his health may attain enough wealth for his existence by exerting himself. On the other hand, a person abusing his health may earn millions or billions and may spend his millions or billions on treatments but he may never be able to regain his health. It would not be surprising if he has to lead an absolutely dependent and helpless life. In short, one can get back wealth with health but we cannot earn back health with wealth. Therefore, if you lose health you have lost something.
From the worldly point of view, wealth is important because of all the conveniences, comforts, necessities and things of enjoyment that it can buy. However, the person, who has ruined his health, is deprived of all the
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